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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights (Employment Discrimination)

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STIPULATION FOR DISMISSAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER RE SAME

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

BRIAN W. ENOS

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Defendant Gordon R. England

 Secretary Department of the Navy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALAN T. GALLAGHER, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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GORDON R. ENGLAND SECRETARY )

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, )

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Defendant. )

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STIPULATION FOR DISMISSAL;

ORDER CLOSING CASE

Pursuant to this stipulation as well as the provisions of

Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 41(a)(1), the parties to this action, by and

through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate that this

action be dismissed with prejudice. The parties respectfully

request that the Court endorse this stipulation by way of formal

order.

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STIPULATION FOR DISMISSAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER RE SAME

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: December 30, 2007 December 31, 2007

Respectfully submitted,

Tracey Beryl Gallagher, Esq. McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

(As auth. 12/30/07)

__/s/ Tracey B. Gallagher ____/s/ Brian W. Enos___

TRACEY B. GALLAGHER BRIAN W. ENOS

Attorneys for plaintiff Attorneys for defendant

Alan Gallagher Gordon R. England, Secretary

Department of the Navy

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

The parties seek dismissal of this action pursuant to Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure. Rule 41(a)(1), in relevant part, reads:

an action may be dismissed by the plaintiff without order of court (i) by filing a

notice of dismissal at any time before service by the adverse party of an answer or

of a motion for summary judgment, whichever first occurs, or (ii) by filing a

stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who have appeared in the action.

Unless otherwise stated in the notice of dismissal or stipulation, the dismissal is

without prejudice, except that a notice of dismissal operates as an adjudication

upon the merits when filed by a plaintiff who has once dismissed in any court of

the United States or of any state an action based on or including the same claim.

Rule 41(a)(1)(ii) thus allows the parties to dismiss an action voluntarily, after service of an

answer, by filing a written stipulation to dismiss signed by all of the parties who have appeared,

although an oral stipulation in open court will also suffice. Carter v. Beverly Hills Sav. & Loan

Asso., 884 F.2d 1186, 1191 (9th Cir. 1989); Eitel v. McCool, 782 F.2d 1470, 1472-73 (9th Cir.

1986). Once the stipulation between the parties who have appeared is properly filed or made in

open court, no order of the court is necessary to effectuate dismissal. Fed. R. Civ. Pro.

41(a)(1)(ii); Eitel, 782 F.2d at 1473 n.4. Because Plaintiff has filed a stipulation for dismissal

with prejudice as to all parties under Rule 41(a)(1)(ii) that is signed by all parties who have made

an appearance, this case has terminated. See Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 41(a)(1)(ii); In re Wolf, 842 F.2d

at 466; Gardiner, 747 F.2d at 1189; see also Gambale, 377 F.3d at 139; Commercial Space

Mgmt, 193 F.3d at 1077; cf. Wilson, 111 F.3d at 692. 

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STIPULATION FOR DISMISSAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER RE SAME

Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action is DISMISSED and the Clerk of

the Court is DIRECTED to close this case in light of the parties’ filed and signed Rule

41(a)(1)(ii) Stipulation For Dismissal With Prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 2, 2008 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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