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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHAKA GRAYSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

COUNTY OF MARIN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-05225-JST 

ORDER DISMISSING CASE WITH 

PREJUDICE

Re: ECF Nos. 64, 66

Before the Court is a Notice of Dismissal, with prejudice, filed by Plaintiff Chaka Grayson 

on January 27, 2016, ECF No. 64, and an Acknowledgment of Satisfaction of Judgment filed by 

the Marin County Department of Child Support Services (“DCSS”) on February 22, 2016, ECF 

No. 66. The County of Marin also filed a Notice of Settlement, on December 22, 2015. ECF No. 

59.

In light of the Notice of Lien filed by the DCSS, ECF No. 58, the Court noted that 

Plaintiff’s Notice of Dismissal alone was ineffective. See ECF No. 65. Cal. Code of Civ. Proc. § 

708.440(a) provides, as relevant here, that “unless the judgment creditor's money judgment is first 

satisfied or the lien is released, . . . no compromise, dismissal, settlement, or satisfaction of the 

pending action or special proceeding or the judgment procured therein may be entered into by or 

on behalf of the judgment debtor, without the written consent of the judgment creditor or 

authorization by order of the court.” 

The DCSS has now acknowledged that the money judgment has been satisfied. ECF No. 

66. Accordingly, in light of the Notice of Dismissal and Notice of Settlement, and pursuant to 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a), the Court dismisses this case with prejudice. The Clerk shall close the file. 

All pending hearings and deadlines are hereby vacated.

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 26, 2016

______________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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