Free Notice of Voluntary Dismissal - District Court of California - California

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Eileen L. McGeever, Esq. SBN 62076 Luci M. Montgomery, Esq. SBN 204986 RUSHALL & McGEEVER 6100 Innovation Way Carlsbad, California 92009 (760) 438-6855 Shawn Khorrami, Esq. SBN 180411 KHORRAMI POLLARD & ABIR LLP 444 South Flower Street, 33 rd Floor Los Angeles, California 90071 (213) 596-6000 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sumner D. Bearman, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SUMNER D. BEARMAN, Individually And On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION; BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.; and BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES, LLC, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 08 CV 1115 DMS (WMc) CLASS ACTION NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to FRCP 41(a)(1), Plaintiffs voluntarily dismiss the above-captioned action without prejudice. A similar

federal securities action is currently pending in the Northern District of California entitled Richard S. Bondar, as Trustee of the Bondar Family Trust Dated 4/1/91 v. Bank of America Corporation, et al., No. CV-08-2599 (JSW) (the "Northern District Action"). The plaintiff in the Northern District Action ("Bondar") has been appointed lead plaintiff in that action. Plaintiffs did not object to Bondar's
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appointment as lead plaintiff, nor did Plaintiffs in a third similar federal securities action currently pending in the Central District of California, entitled Hanoch BenTal as Trustee for the Ben-Tal Family Trust and Aric A. Streit and Mary Streit as Trustees for the Benefit of the Streit Living Trust, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Bank of America, et al., No. CV 08-4767 MRP (PLAX). Plaintiffs in Hanoch Ben-Tal have served notice of the voluntary

dismissal of that case, on the same bases as the notice herein. We dismiss the action here in favor of the action moving forward in the Northern District of California, to the benefit of all class members. Respectfully submitted, RUSHALL & McGEEVER

Dated: August 21, 2008

/s/ Eileen L. McGeever Eileen L. McGeever Eileen L. McGeever RUSHALL & McGEEVER 6100 Innovation Way Carlsbad, CA 92009 Telephone: (760) 438-6855 Facsimile: (760) 438-3026 Shawn Khorrami KHORRAMI POLLARD & ABIR LLP 444 S. Flower Street, 33 rd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 Telephone: (213) 596-6000 Facsimile: (213) 596-6010

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Eileen L. McGeever, Esq. SBN 62076 Luci M. Montgomery, Esq. SBN 204986 RUSHALL & McGEEVER 6100 Innovation Way Carlsbad, California 92009 (760) 438-6855 Shawn Khorrami, Esq. SBN 180411 KHORRAMI POLLARD & ABIR LLP 444 South Flower Street, 33 rd Floor Los Angeles, California 90071 (213) 596-6000 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sumner D. Bearman, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SUMNER D. BEARMAN, Individually ) Civil Action No. 08 CV 1115 DMS And On Behalf of All Others Similarly ) (WMC) Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) PROOF OF SERVICE ) v. ) ) BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION; ) BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT ) SERVICES, INC.; and BANC OF ) AMERICA SECURITIES, LLC, ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) I, Cheryl A. Knoblock, am employed in the County of San Diego, State of California. I am over the age of 18 and not a party to the within action. My business address is 6100 Innovation Way, Carlsbad, California 92009. On August 21, 2008, the following document(s): (1) NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL

were presented to the Clerk of the Court for filing and uploading to the CM/ECF system. In accordance with their ECF registration agreement and the Court's
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rules, the Clerk of the Court will send e-mail notification of such filing to the following persons: David I. Hurwitz [email protected] Jeff S. Westerman [email protected] I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on August 21, 2008, at Carlsbad, California.

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