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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JORGE VALDES, individually and on Case No. 8:20-cv-00469-JLS-DFM behalf of all others similarly situated, 12 ORDER OF DISMISSAL 13 Plaintiff,

14 v. 15

16 PREFERRED GROUP PROPERTIES, 17 INC.,

18 Defendant. 19 20 Having considered the Parties’ joint stipulation pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. 21 22 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) and for good cause appearing, the Court hereby orders that: 23 24 (1) This action is hereby dismissed with prejudice as to Plaintiff’s 25 individual claims; 26 (2) All putative class action allegations and claims in this action are 27 1 1|| hereby dismissed without prejudice; 2 3 (3) No Party hereto shall be entitled to costs or attorneys’ fees because of 41! this Order of Dismissal; 5 ‘ (4) Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(e) and based on the factors identified in

7|| Diaz v. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,

(9th Cir. 1989), the 8 || above dismissal of the class allegations may be made, and hereby is made, without 9 10 notice to the putative class; and

11 (5) This action is hereby dismissed on the terms outlined above. 12 3 Dated: August 20, 2021 cease 14 eit JOSEPHINE. sKtN 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28