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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK E. DORSEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

D. MOORE, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:15-cv-00064-DAD-BAM (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE 

COURT TO CLOSE THE CASE

(Doc. No. 59)

Mark E. Dorsey is a prisoner currently incarcerated at R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility, 

proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983. This case proceeds on plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint dated April 15, 2015, 

alleging claims against defendants D. Moore, J.L. Martin, A. Cano for the excessive use of force 

in violation of the Eighth Amendment, and against defendants C. Morelock, and B. Pease for 

failure to intervene in the use of excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (Doc. 

No. 7.)

On November 9, 2016, the parties participated in a settlement conference presided over by 

U.S. Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston, at which time the case did not settle. (Doc. No. 60.) 

However, the parties thereafter informed Judge Thurston that they had settled this action on the 

terms discussed at the settlement conference. (Doc. No. 61.)

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On November 10, 2016, a stipulation for joint voluntary dismissal with prejudice was filed 

with the court, containing the signatures of plaintiff Dorsey and counsel for defendants Moore, 

Martin, Cano, Morelock, and Pease. (Doc. No. 59.) The stipulation states that plaintiff Dorsey

and defendants Moore, et al., have resolved this case in its entirety and therefore stipulate to a 

dismissal of this action with prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), with 

each party to bear its own litigation costs and attorney’s fees. (Id.)

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) allows plaintiffs to “dismiss an action 

without a court order by filing a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who have appeared.” 

The stipulation filed on November 10, 2016 is signed by all parties who have appeared in this 

case. Therefore, the parties’ stipulation is given full force and effect, and this case has been

dismissed with prejudice. 

Accordingly:

1. The parties’ stipulation for voluntary dismissal of this action with prejudice (Doc. No. 59)

is effective as of the date it was filed;

2. This case has been dismissed with prejudice and with each party to bear its own litigation 

costs and attorney’s fees; 

3. All pending motions are dismissed as having been rendered moot; and

4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 16, 2016 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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