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Parties Involved:
Enhanced Recovery Company, LLC
Defendant
Dena Phillips
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

DENA PHILLIPS,

Plaintiff,

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ENHANCED RECOVERY COMPANY, 

LLC,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 1:14-cv-1770

ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK TO 

ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSE THIS 

CASE

On January 7, 2015, Plaintiff, DENA PHILLIPS, filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal 

Without Prejudice, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(i). Doc. 9. 

Rule 41(a)(1)(A), in relevant part, provides:

[T]he plaintiff may dismiss an action without a court order by filing: (i) a notice 

of dismissal before the opposing party serves either an answer or a motion for 

summary judgment; or (ii) a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who 

have appeared. 

Rule 41(a)(1)(B) further provides that a dismissal pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A) is without 

prejudice “[u]nless the notice or stipulation states otherwise.” 

A notice of dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1) is self-executing; a court order is not required 

to effectuate the dismissal. Concha v. London, 62 F.3d 1493, 1506 (9th Cir. 1995) (“The 

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dismissal is effective on filing [of a notice pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)] and no court order is 

required.”). “Filing a notice of voluntary dismissal with the court automatically terminates the 

action as to the defendants who are the subjects of the notice.” Id. “Such a dismissal leaves the 

parties as though no action had been brought.” Id.

Here Plaintiff has filed a notice of voluntary dismissal indicating that she “voluntarily 

dismisses this case, without prejudice, against Defendant, Enhanced Recovery Company, LLC.” 

Doc. 9. Defendant Enhanced Recovery Company, LLC has not yet filed an answer or a motion 

for summary judgment in the case. Therefore, pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i), the dismissal of 

the action, without prejudice, was effective upon the filing of Plaintiff’s notice of voluntary 

dismissal. Accordingly, the Clerk of Court is directed to administratively close this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 9, 2015 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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