Pearson Education, Inc. v. Does 1-100

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ELECTRONICALLY FILED SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DOC #: __________________ -------------------------------------------------------X DATE FILED: 8/15/2022 PEARSON EDUCATION, INC., ELSEVIER INC., BEDFORD, FREEMAN & WORTH

PUBLISHING GROUP, LLC d/b/a MACMILLAN LEARNING, CENGAGE LEARNING, INC., and MCGRAW HILL LLC,

Plaintiffs, 17-CV-203 (KMW) -against- MEMORANDUM OPINION

SAURABH AGGARWAL, ASHOK KUMAR, AYUSH AGGARWAL, SHIKHA AGGARWAL, NATASHA AGGARWAL, SAVITA AGGARWAL, ABC PUBLISHERS & DISTRIBUTORS PVT. LTD., ABCPD INTERNATIONAL LTD., ACADEMICBOOKS INC., ACUITY CORP., AEGIS TRADING CORP., AGGARWAL BOOK CENTRE, AGGARWAL OVERSEAS, ALLEGIS CORP., AMACO CORP., APEX TRADING CO., APPLEBEE'S CORP., ASPYR CORP., ASPYR INTERNATIONAL LTD., BENNIGAN MEDIA CORP., BIRDWELL CORP., BOOKMART, BOOKMOR CORP., BOOKMAX CORPORATION, BOOKPORT CORP., BOOKREX CORP., BOOKSNESENCE, BOWLMOR CORP., BOYD BRANDS INC., BRUKER INTERNATIONAL CORP., COGNEVO MEDIA CORP., COLECO CORP., COLUMBIA BOOK CORP., CONNISSEUR TRADING INC., CONS MED DISTRIBUTORS CORP., CYNA TRADING, DENBURY CORP., DESCRIBINGBOOKS INC., DIPPIN CORP., DYNERGY MEDIA INC., EBF CORP. LTD., ENCORE CORP. LTD., ESTERLINE CORP., FANAKA TRADING INC., FLEXI TRADING CORP, FRASCA CORP., GOGREEN BOOKS CORP., GOODWILLBOOKS INC., GRAN BOOKS INC., GRAYBAR CORP., HARPO CORP., HELIOSBOOKS INC., IN-LIGHT LIMITED, IVORY BOOKS CORP., KALITTA CORP., KROGER CORP., LIBERTY BOOKS, INC., LOVEFREIGHT LTD., MAGNA WORLD CORPORATION, MITTEL INC., NATWORLD Civil Action No. 17- cv-203-KMW Case 1:17-cv-00203-KMW Document 267 Filed 08/04/22 Page 1 of 3 2 CORP., NORTEL CORP., PLUS BROKERAGE INC., PROLIFIC TRADING INC., QUATTRO TRADING INC., REGENT INTERNATIONAL, RENNICS BOOKSHOP AFRICA LTD., SALVIA CORP., SASHA INTERNATIONAL, LLC, SIERRA BOOKWORLD LIMITED, SIGNA CORP., TRANSGLOBALBOOKS CORP., TURBOBOOKS CORP., UNIWORLDBOOKS INC., VARAHA CORP., VEDI BOOKS PVT. LTD., WHITE LEAF CORP., YOUBOOKWORLD INC., ZETTA CORP., and ZETTAWORLD CORP.,,

Defendants. -------------------------------------------------------X KIMBA M. WOOD, United States District Judge: WHEREAS on August 4, 2022, Plaintiffs filed a notice of voluntary dismissal, without prejudice, of their claims against Defendants Apex Trading Co., Bennigan Media Corp., Bookmart, Cognevo Media Corp., Connisseur Trading Inc., Esterline Corp., Graybar Corp., Harpo Corp., InLight Limited, Kalitta Corp., Plus Brokerage Inc., Prolific Trading Inc., and Zettaworld Corp. (collectively, “Defendants”); and WHEREAS Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(i) permits a plaintiff to file a notice of dismissal without order of court at any time before service by the defendants of an answer or motion for summary judgment; and WHEREAS district courts within the Second Circuit have held, pursuant to Wakefield v. Northern Telecom, Inc., 769 F.2d 109 (2d Cir. 1985), that Rule 41 allows a plaintiff to withdraw an action with regard to fewer than all defendants, see Seidman v. Chobani, LLC, No. 14-CV- 4050, 2016 WL 1271066 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 29, 2016) (Gardephe, J.); Blaize-Sampeur v.

McDowell, No. 05-CV-4275, 2007 WL 1958909 (S.D.N.Y. Jun. 29, 2007) (Bianco, J.); The Court hereby acknowledges that Plaintiffs’ notice of voluntary dismissal is effective, without order of court, to dismiss without prejudice Plaintiffs’ claims against Defendants.

Dated: New York, New York August 15, 2022 /s/ Kimba M. Wood KIMBA M. WOOD United States District Judge