1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Case No.: 25-cv-1547-DMS-SBC 11 ANTON A. EWING,

12 Plaintiff, ORDER RE: VOLUNTARY v. DISMISSAL OF DEFENDANTS’ 13 COUNTERCLAIM XANDER LOPEZ, and individual; and 14 IMPERION PROPERTY 15 MOANAGEMENT, LLC., 16 Defendants.

17 The Court is in receipt of Defendants’ voluntary dismissal of their counterclaim 18 against Plaintiff Anton A. Ewing. (ECF No. 7). Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 19 Procedure 41(c), that counterclaim shall be dismissed without prejudice. See Fed. R. Civ. 20 P. § 41(c)(1); Maciel Builders LLC v. US Framing Int’l LLC, No. 19-cv-03660-BLF, 2020

, at *3 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 17, 2020) (“[A] motion to dismiss is not a responsive 22 pleading.”) (citing CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. Werner Enterprises, Inc.,

, 23 1104 n.3 (9th Cir. 2007)). Plaintiff’s motion to dismiss Defendants’ counterclaim and 24 motion to strike material in Defendants’ counterclaim shall be DISMISSED as moot. 25 (ECF No. 6). The motion hearing set for August 22, 2025 shall be VACATED. 26 27 28 1 IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 ||Dated: August 6, 2025 3 Yn « 44) 4 Hon. Dana M. Sabraw 5 United States District Judge 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28