Stanley Dobbs v. Equifax Information Services, LLC; Lending USA, LLC, et al.

• Court: District Court, E.D. California
• Decided: January 9, 2026
• Docket: 1:25-cv-01451
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 10 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 STANLEY DOBBS, Case No. 1:25-cv-01451-SAB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT 13 TO TERMINATE DEFENDANT EQUIFAX v. INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC 14 LENDING USA, LLC, et al., (ECF No. 12) 15 Defendants. 16 17 On January 8, 2026, Plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal of the action with 18 prejudice as to Defendant Equifax Information Services, LLC, pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i) of 19 the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 20 “[U]nder Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i), ‘a plaintiff has an absolute right to voluntarily dismiss his 21 action prior to service by the defendant of an answer or a motion for summary judgment.’” 22 Commercial Space Mgmt. Co., Inc. v. Boeing Co., Inc., 193 F.3d 1074, 1077 (9th Cir. 1999), 23 quoting Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997). “[A] dismissal under 24 Rule 41(a)(1) is effective on filing, no court order is required, the parties are left as though no 25 action had been brought, the defendant can’t complain, and the district court lacks jurisdiction to 26 do anything about it.” Id. at 1078; see also Pedrina v. Chun, 987 F.2d 608, 609 (9th Cir. 1993). 27 In this action, no defendant has filed an answer, other responsive pleading, or motion for summary judgment. 1 Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is HEREBY ORDERED to TERMINATE Defendant 2 | Equifax Information Services, LLC, in this action. 3 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. F- 2 Se 5 | Dated: _ January 9, 2026 STANLEY A. BOONE 6 United States Magistrate Judge 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28