Opinion
Civil Case No. 12-cv-00409-REB-MEH
06-18-2012
MALIBU MEDIA, LLC, Plaintiff, v. JOHN DOES 2-4, 6-7, 12-19, 21, 23-24, and 26-27, Defendants.
Judge Robert E. Blackburn
ORDER OF DISMISSAL AS TO CERTAIN JOHNS
Blackburn, J.
The matter is before me on Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal Without Prejudice of John Does 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26 and 27Only [#52] filed June 14, 2012. After reviewing the notice and the record, I conclude that the notice should be approved and plaintiff's claim against defendants John Does 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26 and 27 should be dismissed without prejudice.
"[#52]" is an example of the convention I use to identify the docket number assigned to a specific paper by the court's electronic case filing and management system (CM/ECF). I use this convention throughout this order.
THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED as follows:
1. That Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal Without Prejudice of John Does 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26 and 27Only [#52] filed June 14, 2012, is APPROVED;
2. That plaintiff's claims against defendants John Does 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26 and 27 are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE; and
3. That defendants John Does 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26 and 27 are DROPPED as named parties to this action, and the case caption is amended accordingly.
Dated June 18, 2012, at Denver, Colorado.
BY THE COURT:
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Robert E. Blackburn
United States District Judge