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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THOMAS JOHN CARLSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

R. HANSEN, et al.,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:10-cv-00759-LJO-SKO (PC)

ORDER (1) DISMISSING ACTION 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATIONS OF 

VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL, WITH 

PREJUDICE, (2) DIRECTING CLERK OF 

COURT TO CLOSE CASE, AND (3)

RETAINING JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE 

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT PENDING 

FULFILLMENT OF TERMS AND RECEIPT 

OF DECLARATION ATTESTING TO 

FULFILLMENT OF TERMS

(Docs. 96 and 97)

Plaintiff Thomas John Carlson, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, 

filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on April 30, 2010. This action is

currently proceeding on Plaintiff’s third amended complaint, filed on November 6, 2013, against 

Defendants Worth, Newton, Rodriquez, Vega, Monroy, Angulo, Madrid, Abraham, Alvarado, 

Chan, and Villa.

On April 2, 2015, Plaintiff and Defendants Worth, Newton, Rodriquez, Vega, Monroy,

Abraham, Alvarado, Chan, and Villa reached a monetary settlement agreement, and the settlement 

agreement was placed on the record by United States Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman, who 

conducted the settlement conference. The Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement 

agreement until such time as Defendants’ Worth, Newton, Rodriquez, Vega, Monroy, Abraham, 

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Alvarado, Chan, and Villa’s counsel files a declaration stating that the terms of the settlement have 

been fulfilled. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co., 511 U.S. 375, 378, 114 S.Ct. 1673 (1994);

Alvarado v. Table Mountain Rancheria, 509 F.3d 1008, 1017 (9th Cir. 2007); Ortolf v. Silver Bar 

Mines, Inc., 111 F.3d 85, 87-88 (9th Cir. 1997); Hagestad v. Tragesser, 49 F.3d 1430, 1433 (9th 

Cir. 1995). 

Pursuant to Judge Newman’s order, on April 20, 2015, Plaintiff and Defendants Worth, 

Newton, Rodriquez, Vega, Monroy, Abraham, Alvarado, Chan, and Villa filed a signed stipulation 

to voluntarily dismiss this action, with prejudice. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). On the same 

date, Plaintiff and the remaining two defendants, Angulo and Madrid, filed a signed stipulation to 

voluntarily dismiss this action, with prejudice. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii).

According, it is HEREBY ORDERED that (1) this action is dismissed, with prejudice, 

pursuant to the parties’ stipulation of dismissal, (2) the Clerk of the Court shall close this case, and 

(3) the Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement agreement until such time as 

Defendants Worth, Newton, Rodriquez, Vega, Monroy, Abraham, Alvarado, Chan, and Villa’s 

counsel files a declaration stating that the terms of the settlement have been fulfilled. Fed. R. Civ. 

P. 41(a)(2). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 21, 2015 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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