McGraw Hill LLC v. Doe 1

Opinion

USDC SDNY DOCUMENT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DOC #: nen nn ee a a a □ DK DATE FILED:_ 2/14/2020 MCGRAW HILL LLC, BEDFORD, FREEMAN & : WORTH PUBLISHING GROUP, LLC, : ELSEVIER INC., PEARSON EDUCATION, : INC., and CENGAGE LEARNING, INC., : 20-cv-00356 (LJL) Plaintiffs, : ORDER -V- : DOE | d/b/a ABETTERDEAL3, DAPROPHITT, and : NICENICHE; DOE 2 d/b/a/ TRAD Y34, DOE 3 d/b/a : USGOODSELLER99, DOE 4 d/b/a JESKATBOOKS, : FATBOOKS, and CADABRA STORE, DOE 5 d/b/a : SHAREYOURFEELINGS and SHARE YOUR : FEELINGS, DOE 6 d/b/a JENNYLUO897, MIHOYO, ~ : and GOODIES897, DOE 7 d/b/a DAYSDISCOUNT, : DOE 8 d/b/a THE-BOOKLIFE and THE-BOOK-LIFE, ©: DOE 9 d/b/a FAIRDEALS_73, GRACIAS 18, : ZENITHBOOKS, and DELHIBOOKSTORE2017, : SANJAY MITTAL, DENIS OKHMAN, JULIE HALE, : NATHAN HALE, BURHAN AYDIN, OZODBEK : ABDULAZIZOV, HAFIZE BUDAK, BENJAMIN : LEVY, STEVEN NOE, BUY IT NOW BARGAINS : LLC, and FIVE TO ONE LIQUIDATORS, LLC, : Defendants. :

LEWIS J. LIMAN, United States District Judge: The Court has received proposed notices of voluntary dismissal as to Defendants Benjamin Levy and Hafize Budak, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(). Dkt. Nos. 41, 42. Rule 41 addresses dismissal of actions rather than dismissal of parties. Treating the application as addressed to the Court’s power under Rule 15 or Rule 21 or its inherent power, the Court will dismiss the complaint as against Defendants Benjamin Levy and Hafize Budak with prejudice and with each party to bear their own costs and fees, absent objection by any party by February

20, 2020. See Kerr v. Compagnie de Ultramar, 250 F.2d 860, 864 (2d Cir. 1958); Harvey Aluminum, Inc. v. can Cyanamid Co., 203 F.2d 105, 108 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 345 U.S. 964 (1953).

SO ORDERED. Ze te 3 Dated: February 14, 2020 tl HE na New York, New York LEWIS J. LIMAN United States District Judge