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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Fair Labor Standards

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Shelline K. Bennett, Bar No. 164759

sbennett@lcwlegal.com

Jesse J. Maddox, Bar No. 219091

jmaddox@lcwlegal.com

LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE

A Professional Law Corporation

5701 N. West Avenue

Fresno, CA 93711

Telephone: (559) 256-7800

Facsimile: (559) 449-4535

E-mail: jmaddox@lcwlegal.com

Attorneys for Defendants

JEFF DODDS, JACK DODDS, JR., JIM DODDS,

and DONALD JENSEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM GARD, an individual; and

CHRISTY GARD, an individual,

Plaintiffs,

v.

JEFF DODDS, an individual and doing

business as Tulare Mini Storage; JACK

DODDS. JR., an individual and doing

business as Tulare Mini Storage; JIM

DODDS, an individual and doing business

as Tulare Mini Storage; DONALD

JENSEN, an individual and doing business

as Tulare Mini Storage; and DOES 1

through 50, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:07-cv-01158 AWI/SMS

STIPULATION AND ORDER OF

DISMISSAL

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties to this action, through their

designated counsel, that the above-captioned action be dismissed with prejudice pursuant to

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 41(a)(1), each party to bear its own costs and attorneys’

fees.

ORDER

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

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orof 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. 

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 4, 2008 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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