1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 EMILIANO AGUILERA, individually and on Case No. 1:24-cv-01021-CDB behalf of all others similarly situated, 12 ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF THE Plaintiff, 13 COURT TO CLOSE CASE PURSUANT v. TO RULE 41(a)(1) OF THE FEDERAL 14 RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE ISPEEDTOLEAD, INC., 15 (Doc. 9) Defendant. 16 Clerk of the Court to Assign District Judge

17 18 On August 27, 2024, Plaintiff Emiliano Aguilera (“Plaintiff”) initiated this action with the 19 filing of a complaint, asserting claims on behalf of himself and a putative class against Defendant 20 ISpeedtoLead, Inc. (Doc. 1). On October 21, 2021, Plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal 21 of his complaint with prejudice. (Doc. 7). On October 23, 2024, the Court directed Plaintiff to 22 file an amended notice clarifying the particulars of his voluntary dismissal separately as to his 23 individual claims and the putative class claims. (Doc. 8). 24 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s amended notice of voluntary dismissal with 25 prejudice as to his individual claims and without prejudice as to the putative class claims. (Doc. 26 9). 27 Plaintiff’s amended notice of dismissal comports with the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 28 41(a)(1)(i) and Plaintiff is entitled to dismiss his individual claims (at least) without court order. 1 | Inaclass action, however, court approval of dismissal may be required under Rule 41(a)(2) if the 2 | class has been certified. Specifically, Rule 23(e) provides that any claims arising out of either a 3 | (1) “certified class” or (2) “class proposed to be certified for purposes of settlement ... may be 4 | settled, voluntarily dismissed, or compromised only with the court's approval.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 | 23(e) (emphasis added). 6 In this case, Plaintiff seeks to dismiss the putative class claims under Rule 41(a)(1) 7 | without prejudice. (Doc. 9). No class has been certified, Plaintiff has not sought certification, nor 8 | has certification been proposed for purposes of settlement. Because no class has been certified in 9 | this case, and because any dismissal would not affect putative class members’ claims, Rule 23(e) 10 || does not mandate either Court approval of the parties’ settlement or notice to putative class 11 | members. See Titus v. BlueChip Financial,

, 695 (9th Cir. 2019) (“Because 12 | noclass has been certified, Titus is the only plaintiff before the court; once she has dismissed her 13 | claims with prejudice, no other plaintiff can step into her shoes to continue this legal action”’) 14 | (unpublished) (citing Emp ’rs-Teamsters Local Nos. 175 & 505 Pension Tr. Fund v. Anchor 15 | Capital Advisors,

(9th Cir. 2007)). 16 In light of the Plaintiff's filing, the Court finds that Rule 23(e) does not require the Court’s 17 || approval of the dismissal. This action shall be terminated by operation of law without further 18 | order of the Court. Comm. Space Mgmt. Co., Inc. v. Boeing Co., Inc.,

, 1077-78 19 | (9th Cir. 1999). 20 Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is HEREBY DIRECTED to assign a district judge for 21 | the purpose of closing this case and then to CLOSE the case and adjust the docket to reflect 22 | voluntary dismissal with prejudice, pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(i), as to Plaintiffs individual claims 23 | and without prejudice as to the putative class claims. 24 | IT IS SOORDERED. > | Dated: _ October 24, 2024 | hannD Pr 26 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 27 28