Sumter v. The City of Orlando

United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Sumter v. The City of Orlando

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ORLANDO DIVISION DAWN R. SUMTER, Plaintiff, Vv. Case No. 6:20-cev-2347-JA-DCI THE CITY OF ORLANDO and RODERICK WILLIAMS, Defendants.

ORDER Plaintiff has filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of Claims Against the City of Orlando (Doc. 26). Through this Notice, Plaintiff—as is her right under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(i)—has dismissed with prejudice all of her claims against the City. See Plains Growers, Inc. v. Ickes-Braun Glasshouses, Inc.,

474 F.2d 250, 253

(5th Cir. 1973)!; accord Corley v. Long- Lewis, Inc., 965 F.8d 1222, 1226-27 (11th Cir. 2020); Klay v. United Healthgroup, Inc.,

376 F.3d 1092, 1105-06

(11th Cir. 2004). The only remaining claims in this case are Plaintiffs state law claim of battery against Defendant Roderick Williams, (see Doc. 1 at 19-20), and

1 In Bonner v. City of Prichard,

661 F.2d 1206, 1207

(11th Cir. 1981) (en banc), the Eleventh Circuit adopted as binding precedent all Fifth Circuit decisions issued before October 1, 1981.

Williams’s two state law counterclaims against Plaintiff, (see Doc. 15 at 13-16). All claims over which this Court had original jurisdiction having been dismissed, pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 1367

(c) the Court declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining claims. Accordingly, itis ORDERED as follows: 1. Plaintiffs claim against Defendant Roderick Williams and Williams’s counterclaims against Plaintiff are DISMISSED without prejudice to those claims being refiled in state court. Pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 1367

(d), the period of limitations for these claims is “tolled while the claim is pending and for a period of 30 days after it is dismissed unless State law provides for a longer tolling period.” 2. All pending motions are DENIED as moot. 3. The Clerk is directed to close this case. 1 ROT DONE and ORDERED in Orlando, Florida)\on April !-~ 2021:

Less \ OHN ANTOON II United States District Judge Copies furnished to: Counsel of Record

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