Nathan W. Gwilliam et al v. Promedia, Inc.

Filing 18

ORDER DISMISSING CASE WITHOUT PREJUDICE by Judge Cormac J. Carney. Case Terminated. Made JS-6. (mt)

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1 2 JS-6 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 SOUTHERN DIVISION 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ) ) Case No.: SACV 17-00584-CJC(KESx) ) NATHAN W. GWILLIAM, CRYSTAL ) ) D. GWILLIAM, ELEVATI, INC., AND ) ARACAJU, INC., ) ) ORDER DISMISSING CASE ) WITHOUT PREJUDICE ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) PROMEDIA, INC., ) ) ) ) Defendant. ) ) ) 25 26 // 27 // 28 -1- On September 25, 2014, Defendant filed a lawsuit against Plaintiffs in Orange 1 2 County Superior Court. (Dkt. 7-2 Ex. A.) On March 30, 2015, Plaintiffs filed a motion 3 in the state court proceeding to dismiss or stay Defendant’s complaint. (Dkt. 7-2 Ex. C.) 4 On June 8, 2015, the Orange County Superior Court denied Plaintiffs’ motion. (Dkt. 8-3 5 Ex. 1.) Plaintiffs appealed the court’s order, (Dkt. 7-2 Ex. D at 2, 5), and the California 6 Court of Appeal affirmed the Superior Court on February 15, 2017, (Id. at 7–9). 7 On March 31, 2017, Plaintiffs commenced the instant action by filing a petition to 8 9 compel arbitration and stay the state court action pursuant to 9 U.S.C. § 4 before this 10 Court. (Dkt. 1.) Plaintiffs then filed a motion to compel arbitration on April 10, 2017, 11 (Dkt. 7), which the Court denied on May 5, 2017, (Dkt. 10). No other issues are pending 12 in this action. Months later, on August 25, 2017, Plaintiffs filed a notice of voluntary 13 dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(i). (Dkt. 12.) 14 Thereafter the Clerk terminated the case. (See docket entry dated Aug. 25, 2017.) 15 Defendant objected to the dismissal and requested that the Court vacate Plaintiffs’ 16 voluntary dismissal on procedural grounds. (Dkt. 13.) On September 13, 2017, the Court 17 held that Rule 41(a) did not permit Plaintiffs to voluntarily dismiss a petition to compel 18 arbitration, and vacated Plaintiff’s voluntary dismissal of the action. (Dkt. 14.) Neither 19 Plaintiffs nor Defendant have taken any action since that date. 20 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // -2- 1 On the Court’s own motion, the Court DISMISSES Plaintiffs’ action WITHOUT 2 PREJUDICE. The underlying dispute between Plaintiffs and Defendant is pending in 3 state court, and no issues are pending before this Court. Defendant is free to file any 4 post-trial motions, such as a motion for attorney’s fees, if Defendant believes it is 5 appropriate. See, e.g., Moore v. Permanente Med. Grp., Inc., 981 F.2d 443, 445 (9th Cir. 6 1992) (“it is clear that an award of attorney’s fees is a collateral matter over which a court 7 normally retains jurisdiction even after being divested of jurisdiction on the merits.”) 8 9 10 DATED: December 8, 2017 __________________________________ CORMAC J. CARNEY 11 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -3-

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