Dantes v. Stanford Hospital and Clinics

Filing 57

Order of Dismissal signed by Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd on 3/24/2017. The clerk shall close the file. (hrllc3S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/24/2017)

E-filed 3/24/2017

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MARIE ENCAR ARNOLD DANTES,
Plaintiff,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Case No.15-cv-05951-HRL
Case No. 16-cv-1243-HRL
ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v.
STANFORD HEALTH CARE,

Re: Dkt. Nos. 56, 7

Defendant.

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These consolidated cases settled at a settlement conference in August 2016. Pro se

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plaintiff Marie Encar Arnold Dantes submitted a stipulated dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of

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Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(i) purporting to voluntarily dismiss these actions with prejudice, with

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each side to bear its own costs. Dkt. Nos. 56, 7. However, as Defendant filed an answer in Case

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No. 15-cv-5951, to be effective, a stipulated dismissal must be either signed by all of the parties

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that have appeared or confirmed by a court order. The court therefore construes plaintiff’s

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stipulated dismissal as a request for an order of a dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

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Procedure 41(a)(2).

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The court hereby dismisses these consolidated actions with prejudice. Each side is to bear
its own costs. The clerk shall close the files in these cases.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: 3/24/2017

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HOWARD R. LLOYD
United States Magistrate Judge