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Keith Beauchamp (012434)

Shelley Tolman (030945)

COPPERSMITH BROCKELMAN PLC

2800 North Central Avenue, Suite 1900

Phoenix, AZ 85004

T: 602.381.5490 

F: 602.224.6020 

kbeauchamp@cblawyers.com 

stolman@cblawyers.com

Jonathan Sherman (admitted pro hac vice) 

BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP 

1401 New York Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20015 

T: 202.237.2727 

F: 202.237.6131 

jsherman@bsfllp.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

[Additional Counsel Listed on Signature Page]

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Vanguard Specialized Funds, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

VEREIT, Inc., et al.,

Defendants.

No. CV-15-02157-PHX-JAS

JOINT MOTION FOR DISMISSAL 

WITH PREJUDICE PURSUANT 

TO RULE 41(a)(2)

Pursuant to Rule 41(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiffs 

and Defendants VEREIT, Inc., formerly known as American Realty Capital 

Properties, Inc., and VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P., formerly known as ARC 

Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. (hereinafter “VEREIT” and, collectively with 

Plaintiffs, the “Moving Parties”), jointly move the Court to dismiss all claims filed by 

Plaintiffs against all defendants in the above-captioned action (“Defendants”) with

prejudice. In support of this motion, the Moving Parties state as follows: 

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1. Plaintiffs have agreed to a release and dismissal of all claims filed in 

this action against all Defendants.

2. Because the Moving Parties are seeking dismissal of all claims against 

all Defendants with prejudice, there is no risk of prejudice to any Defendant. 

Accordingly, dismissal is warranted. See Smith v. Lenches, 263 F.3d 972, 975 (9th 

Cir. 2001) (“A district court should grant a motion for voluntary dismissal under Rule 

41(a)(2) unless a defendant can show that it will suffer some plain legal prejudice as a 

result.”); id. at 976 (“That the district court here dismissed, with prejudice, the federal 

claims so they cannot be reasserted in another federal suit only strengthens our 

conclusion that the dismissal caused no legal prejudice and was not an abuse of 

discretion.”).

3. Each party shall bear its own costs, expenses, and attorneys’ fees.

WHEREFORE, the Moving Parties respectfully request that this Court enter

the [Proposed] Order of Dismissal With Prejudice filed concurrently herewith.

DATED this 14th day of June, 2018.

COPPERSMITH BROCKELMAN PLC

By: s/ Keith Beauchamp

Keith Beauchamp

Shelley Tolman

2800 North Central Avenue, Suite 1900

Phoenix, AZ 85004

Jonathan Sherman (Pro Hac Vice)

BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP

5301 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20015

Edward Normand (Pro Hac Vice)

Joseph Kroetsch (Pro Hac Vice)

Nathan Holcomb (Pro Hac Vice)

BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP

333 Main Street

Armonk, NY 10504

OSBORN MALEDON, P.A.

By: s/ David B. Rosenbaum

David B. Rosenbaum, 009819

Joseph N. Roth, 025725

2929 N. Central Avenue, Suite 2100

Phoenix, AZ 85012-2794

Scott A. Edelman (Pro Hac Vice)

Antonia M. Apps (Pro Hac Vice)

Jed M. Schwartz (Pro Hac Vice)

Jonathan Ohring (Pro Hac Vice)

MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & 

McCLOY LLP

28 Liberty Street

New York, NY 10005-1413

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Beko Reblitz-Richardson (Pro Hac Vice)

BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP

1999 Harrison Street, Suite 900

Oakland, CA 94612

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Jerry L. Marks

MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & 

McCLOY LLP

2029 Century Park East

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Attorneys for Defendants VEREIT, 

Inc. and VEREIT Operating 

Partnership, L.P.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on June 14, 2018, I electronically transmitted the attached 

document to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of 

a Notice of Electronic Filing to all CM/ECF registrants.

s/ Sheri McAlister

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