Pearson Education, Inc. et al v. Does 1-100

Filing 272

MEMORANDUM OPINION: The Court hereby acknowledges that Plaintiffs' notice of voluntary dismissal is effective, without order of court, to dismiss without prejudice Plaintiffs' claims against Defendants. Bookmart, Cognevo Media Corp., Connisseur Trading Inc., Esterline Corp., Graybar Corp., Harpo Corp., In-Light Limited, Kalitta Corp., Plus Brokerage Inc., Prolific Trading Inc., Zettaworld Corp., Apex Trading Co. and Bennigan Media Corp. terminated. (Signed by Judge Kimba M. Wood on 8/15/2022) (ate)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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USDC SDNY
DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
DOC #: __________________
DATE FILED: 8/15/2022

PEARSON EDUCATION, INC., ELSEVIER
INC., BEDFORD, FREEMAN & WORTH
PUBLISHING GROUP, LLC d/b/a
MACMILLAN LEARNING, CENGAGE
LEARNING, INC., and MCGRAW HILL LLC,
Plaintiffs,
-againstSAURABH AGGARWAL, ASHOK
KUMAR, AYUSH AGGARWAL,
SHIKHA AGGARWAL, NATASHA
AGGARWAL, SAVITA AGGARWAL,
ABC PUBLISHERS & DISTRIBUTORS
PVT. LTD., ABCPD INTERNATIONAL
LTD., ACADEMICBOOKS INC.,
ACUITY CORP., AEGIS TRADING
CORP., AGGARWAL BOOK CENTRE,
AGGARWAL OVERSEAS, ALLEGIS
CORP., AMACO CORP., APEX
TRADING CO., APPLEBEE'S CORP.,
ASPYR CORP., ASPYR
INTERNATIONAL LTD., BENNIGAN
MEDIA CORP., BIRDWELL CORP.,
BOOKMART, BOOKMOR CORP.,
BOOKMAX CORPORATION,
BOOKPORT CORP., BOOKREX CORP.,
BOOKSNESENCE, BOWLMOR CORP.,
BOYD BRANDS INC., BRUKER
INTERNATIONAL CORP., COGNEVO
MEDIA CORP., COLECO CORP.,
COLUMBIA BOOK CORP.,
CONNISSEUR TRADING INC., CONS
MED DISTRIBUTORS CORP., CYNA
TRADING, DENBURY CORP.,
DESCRIBINGBOOKS INC., DIPPIN
CORP., DYNERGY MEDIA INC., EBF
CORP. LTD., ENCORE CORP. LTD.,
ESTERLINE CORP., FANAKA
TRADING INC., FLEXI TRADING
CORP, FRASCA CORP., GOGREEN
BOOKS CORP., GOODWILLBOOKS

17-CV-203 (KMW)
MEMORANDUM OPINION

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INC., GRAN BOOKS INC., GRAYBAR
CORP., HARPO CORP., HELIOSBOOKS
INC., IN-LIGHT LIMITED, IVORY
BOOKS CORP., KALITTA CORP.,
KROGER CORP., LIBERTY BOOKS,
INC., LOVEFREIGHT LTD., MAGNA
WORLD CORPORATION, MITTEL
INC., NATWORLD Civil Action No. 17cv-203-KMW Case 1:17-cv-00203-KMW
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CORP., NORTEL CORP., PLUS
BROKERAGE INC., PROLIFIC
TRADING INC., QUATTRO TRADING
INC., REGENT INTERNATIONAL,
RENNICS BOOKSHOP AFRICA LTD.,
SALVIA CORP., SASHA
INTERNATIONAL, LLC, SIERRA
BOOKWORLD LIMITED, SIGNA
CORP., TRANSGLOBALBOOKS CORP.,
TURBOBOOKS CORP.,
UNIWORLDBOOKS INC., VARAHA
CORP., VEDI BOOKS PVT. LTD.,
WHITE LEAF CORP.,
YOUBOOKWORLD INC., ZETTA
CORP., and ZETTAWORLD CORP.,,
Defendants.
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KIMBA M. WOOD, United States District Judge:
WHEREAS on August 4, 2022, Plaintiffs filed a notice of voluntary dismissal, without
prejudice, of their claims against Defendants Apex Trading Co., Bennigan Media Corp.,
Bookmart, Cognevo Media Corp., Connisseur Trading Inc., Esterline Corp., Graybar Corp.,
Harpo Corp., InLight Limited, Kalitta Corp., Plus Brokerage Inc., Prolific Trading Inc., and
Zettaworld Corp. (collectively, “Defendants”); and
WHEREAS Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(i) permits a plaintiff to file a notice
of dismissal without order of court at any time before service by the defendants of an answer or
motion for summary judgment; and
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WHEREAS district courts within the Second Circuit have held, pursuant to Wakefield v.
Northern Telecom, Inc., 769 F.2d 109 (2d Cir. 1985), that Rule 41 allows a plaintiff to withdraw
an action with regard to fewer than all defendants, see Seidman v. Chobani, LLC, No. 14-CV4050, 2016 WL 1271066 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 29, 2016) (Gardephe, J.); Blaize-Sampeur v.
McDowell, No. 05-CV-4275, 2007 WL 1958909 (S.D.N.Y. Jun. 29, 2007) (Bianco, J.);
The Court hereby acknowledges that Plaintiffs’ notice of voluntary dismissal is effective,
without order of court, to dismiss without prejudice Plaintiffs’ claims against Defendants.

Dated: New York, New York
August 15, 2022

/s/ Kimba M. Wood
KIMBA M. WOOD
United States District Judge

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