Morse v. County of Merced et al

Filing 84

ORDER of DISMISSAL with Prejudice of Defamation Claims against Defendants signed by Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on 5/17/2017. (Sant Agata, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Case No. 1:16-cv-00142-DAD-SKO

ETHAN MORSE,
Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH
PREJUDICE OF DEFAMATION
CLAIMS AGAINST DEFENDANTS
(Doc. 80)

COUNTY OF MERCED, et al.,

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Defendants.
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On May 12, 2017, the parties filed a joint Stipulation to Dismiss with Prejudice, in which
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the parties “stipulate to dismiss with prejudice any and all claims for defamation against the
County of Merced, the Merced County Sheriff’s Department, Charles Hale, Jose Sam Sanchez and
Eric Macias.” (Doc. 80.) This stipulation is signed by all parties who have appeared in this

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action. (See id. at 2.) As such, Plaintiff has voluntarily dismissed with prejudice his defamation
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claim against Defendants Macias, Hale, and Sanchez pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
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41(a)(1)(A)(ii). (Cf. Doc. 37 ¶¶ 86–91 (providing Plaintiff’s Sixth Cause of Action, in which he

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alleges that Defendants Macias, Hale, and Sanchez engaged in defamatory conduct).) Plaintiff has
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also voluntarily dismissed with prejudice his defamation claims against Defendants County of
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Merced and the Merced County Sheriff’s Department―to the extent Plaintiff brought such claims.

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1 Dated:
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May 17, 2017

/s/

Sheila K. Oberto

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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