Johnson v. RMP Properties LLC, et al
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DISMISSAL ORDER signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. on 2/11/2014 ORDERING that in light of the parties' "complete and total" settlement of this action and agreement to dismiss this action with prejudice, this action is DISMISSED with prejudice. CASE CLOSED. (Zignago, K.)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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DISMISSAL ORDER
Plaintiff,
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2:13-cv-01612-GEB-DAD
Scott Johnson,
v.
RMP Properties, LLC, a
Delaware Limited Liability
Company; Save Mart
Supermarkets, a California
Corporation; and Does 1-10,
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Defendants.
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On February 5, 2014, the parties filed a “STIPULATION
FOR DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO F.R.41(a)(1); & ORDER THEREON” in which
they dismiss this action with prejudice and assume that the court
will
exercise
jurisdiction
over
a
settlement
agreement
and
matters the court has not seen.
However,
the
parties
have
not
shown
why
the
Court
should retain jurisdiction, and “the mere fact that the parties
agree that the court [shall] exercise continuing jurisdiction is
not binding on the court.”
Arata v. Nu Skin Int’l, Inc., 96 F.3d
1265, 1269 (9th Cir. 1996); see also Jessup v. Luther, 277 F.3d
926, 929 (7th Cir. 2002) (observing that settlement of a federal
lawsuit “is just another contract to be enforced in the usual
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way, that is, by fresh suit”) (citing Kokkonen v. Guardian Life
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Ins.
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omitted).
Co.,
511
U.S.
375,
378-82
(1994))
(additional
citations
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Further, in light of the parties’ “complete and total”
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settlement of this action and agreement to dismiss this action
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with
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dismissed with prejudice. See Eitel v. McCool, 782 F.2d 1470,
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1472-73 (9th Cir. 1986) (explaining that “[t]he court reasonably
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concluded that the parties had the requisite mutual intent to
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dismiss the action with prejudice” when the court “f[ound] that
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the parties’ . . . representations to the court agreeing to a
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dismissal
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dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1)(ii)”).
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Dated:
prejudice,
with
(Dismissal
prejudice
Notice
1:25-2:2),
constituted
February 11, 2014
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a
this
voluntary
action
is
stipulated
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