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Parties Involved:
Sung D. Chang
Defendant
Sim & Yoon Corporation
Defendant
Buthienah Taha
Plaintiff

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BUTHIENAH TAHA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

SIM & YOON CORPORATION, ET. AL., 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 4:17-cv-06984 YGR 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS WITH 

PREJUDICE AND DISMISSING CASE WITH 

PREJUDICE

Re: Dkt. No. 29 

On February 21, 2020, plaintiff Buthienah Taha filed a motion to dismiss this action with 

prejudice. (Dkt. No. 29.) In the motion, Taha stated that individual defendant Sung D. Chang “does 

not understand the legal process by which a case is dismissed and, in fact, believes the case has 

already been disposed,” and that he “[t]herefore is not willing to sign any further documents,” 

including stipulations of dismissal. (Id. at 2.) Taha otherwise indicated that Taha and defendant Sim 

& Yoon Corporation (“Sim & Yoon”) negotiated a complete settlement of this matter and that these 

parties reduced the agreement to writing, executed that agreement, and performed such that the case 

can be dismissed. (Id.) 

In response to the motion, the Court issued an Order to Show Cause (“OSC”) directed to 

defendants. The OSC required the defendants to respond in writing by Friday, March 6, 2020 as to 

“why this matter should not be dismissed with prejudice in light of the motion.” (Dkt. No. 30.) The 

Court warned that a “[f]ailure to timely file a written response by March 6, 2020 shall be deemed an 

admission that good cause exists to dismiss this case with prejudice and the Court will grant the 

pending motion and dismiss this action without further notice.” (Id.) Sim & Yoon filed a statement 

of non-opposition to the motion. (Dkt. No. 31.) Chang did not file any response to the Court’s OSC. 

Therefore, in light of the Court’s OSC, Sim & Yoon’s filed non-opposition, Chang’s failure 

to respond to the OSC, for good cause appearing in the motion therein, and for the reasons set forth 

in the OSC, Taha’s motion to dismiss this case with prejudice is GRANTED. Therefore, this case is 

DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

This Order terminates the case and Docket Number 29. The Clerk of the Court is directed to 

close this case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: March 12, 2020 

___________________________________________ 

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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