Case Name: V. Stephen MOORE, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ACCENTURE, LLP, Accenture United States Group Medical Plan, Accenture United States Group Dental Plan, Accenture United States Basic Life/Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance Plan, Accenture United States Optional Life Insurance Plan, Accenture United States Optional Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance Plan, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-02-10
Citations: 164 F. App'x 966
Docket Number: No. 05-15375; D.C. Docket No. 04-03116-CV-TWT-1
Parties: V. Stephen MOORE, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ACCENTURE, LLP, Accenture United States Group Medical Plan, Accenture United States Group Dental Plan, Accenture United States Basic Life/Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance Plan, Accenture United States Optional Life Insurance Plan, Accenture United States Optional Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance Plan, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before CARNES, PRYOR and HILL, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 164
Pages: 966–967

Head Matter:
V. Stephen MOORE, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ACCENTURE, LLP, Accenture United States Group Medical Plan, Accenture United States Group Dental Plan, Accenture United States Basic Life/Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance Plan, Accenture United States Optional Life Insurance Plan, Accenture United States Optional Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance Plan, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 05-15375 D.C. Docket No. 04-03116-CV-TWT-1.
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Feb. 10, 2006.
Christopher Douglas Vaughn, George Melville Johnson & Associates, P.C., Atlanta, GA, for Appellant.
John T. Murray, Cheryl Barnes Legare, Seyfarth Shaw, Atlanta, GA, for Appellee.
Before CARNES, PRYOR and HILL, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
V. Stephen Moore filed his original complaint seeking relief from defendants' new leave policy on October 25, 2004. He styled it as a class action, but never moved for nor was it ever certified as such. Nor was the original complaint ever served on any of the defendants.
On December 8, 2004, Moore filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(l)(a)(i). According to Moore's Initial Brief on appeal, he sought voluntary dismissal "in order to gain time to more properly represent the class through negotiated settlement rather than litigation."
On December 9, 2004, Moore states that he was notified by the defendants that they had changed their leave policy. Subsequently, he filed a motion seeking attorneys' fees, costs and for discovery in the dismissed case, arguing that he was a prevailing party. The district court denied the motion, holding that Moore had voluntarily dismissed the action before he obtained any relief for himself or the putative class.
Our review of the briefs and the record support the conclusion of the district court, and finding no reversible error, the denial if the motion is
AFFIRMED.