voluntary dismissal pursuant to Rule 8 | 41(a)(1) is self-executing and requires no further action by court
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- voluntary dismissal pursuant to Rule 8 | 41(a)(1) is self-executing and requires no further action by court
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1 SABA BIREDA (pro hac vice) MICHELE HAYDEL GEHRKE (#215647)
JAMES HANNAWAY (pro hac vice) Reed Smith LLP
2 Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP 101 Second Street, Suite 1800
700 Pennsylvania Avenue S.E., Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94105
3 Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: (415) 543-8700
Telephone: (202) 499-5209 Fax: (415) 391-8269
4 Fax: (202) 499-5199 Email: mgehrke@reedsmith.com
Email: sbireda@sanfordheisler.com
5 JILL S. VOROBIEV (pro hac vice)
CARA VAN DORN (#321669) DAVID T. HARTMANN (pro hac vice)
6 Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP Reed Smith LLP
7911 Herschel Avenue, Suite 300 10 South Wacker Drive
7 La Jolla, CA 92037 Chicago, IL 60606
Telephone: (619) 577-4253 Telephone: (312) 207-1000
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Email: cvandorn@sanfordheisler.com Email: jvorobiev@reedsmith.com
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs AMANDA BROWN (#292559)
10 Reed Smith LLP
2850 N. Harwood Street, Suite 1500
11 Dallas, TX 75201
Telephone: (469) 680-4232
12 Email: aebrown@reedsmith.com
13 Attorneys for Defendant
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16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
17 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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19 ALEX HORN, LANCE AYTMAN, AND Case No. 1:21-CV-01258-JLT-BAM
KEITH HOOKER,
20 [PROPOSED] ORDER CLOSING CASE
Plaintiffs,
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District Judge: Jennifer L. Thurston
v.
22 Magistrate Judge: Barbara A. McAuliffe
KRAFT HEINZ FOODS COMPANY
23 LLC, Complaint Filed: August 19, 2021
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1 On December 5, 2024, the parties filed a joint stipulation for voluntary dismissal with
2 | prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)Gi). (Dkt. 156). Pursuant to Rule 41(a), a
3 | plaintiff may dismiss an action without court order in one of two ways: (1) by filing a notice of
4 | dismissal before the opposing party serves either an answer or a motion for summary judgment,
5 | or (2) by stipulation of all parties who have appeared. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)G) & (ii).
6 | Voluntary dismissal under this rule requires no action on the part of the court. See United States v.
7 | 475 Martin Lane, 545 F.3d 1134, 1145 (9th Cir. 2008) (voluntary dismissal pursuant to Rule
8 | 41(a)(1) is self-executing and requires no further action by court).
9 Here, the parties’ joint stipulation of dismissal is consistent with Federal Rule of Civil
10 | Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(i1). Thus, the parties’ stipulated dismissal of this action with prejudice,
11 | with each party bearing that party’s own attorneys’ fees and costs, is effective upon its filing and
12 | without a court order.
13 Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is directed to CLOSE THE CASE.
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15 IT IS SO ORDERED.
6 Dated: _ December 6, 2024 Charis [Tourn
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