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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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DISMISSAL OF ACTION IN ITS ENTIRETY and ORDER 

Case No. 13-CV-02270-MCE-KJN 

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 CYNTHIA L. RICE, SBN#87630 

CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE, INC. 

1430 Franklin Street, Suite 103 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: (510) 267-0762 

Facsimile: (510) 267-0763 

BLANCA BAÑUELOS, SBN#231585 

ESMERELDA ZENDEJAS, SBN#258809 

CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE, INC. 

145 E. Weber Avenue 

Stockton, CA 95202 

Telephone: (209) 946-0605 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sergio Aguirre Batista, Hugo Santiago Arredondo Huerta, Daniel Becerra Aguilar, Israel 

Blas Jimenez, Librado Blas Martinez, Ramiro Alejandro Garcia Castro, Enrique Garcia Michel, Jaime Lopez 

Ramos, Fray Marcelino Lopez Rodriguez, Luis Ramon Naranjo Campos, Angel Pano Ruiz, Frisdman Peña 

Ochoa, Aldo Manuel Rodriguez Zepeda, Octavio Revolledo Godinez, Agustin Torres Elias, Tomas Ayala 

Gonzalez, Marco Cesar Garcia Gutierrez, Jose Luis Rodriquez, Joel Murillo Guerrero, Oscar Manuel Carillo 

Torres, Christian Ceja Ruiz, Christian Cruz Valverde, Gibran Rigoberto Diaz Campo, Leonel Esparza Ramirez, 

Benigno Martinez Marquez, Rene Meza Sanchez, Jesus Junior Robles Rodriquez, Luis Manuel Torres Contreras, 

Uriel Torres Contreras, Juan Alfonso Bailon Marquez, Hugo Cesar Ceja Ibarra, Rigoberto Sandoval Preciado, 

Roberto Cruz Barragan, Obed Mares Contreras 

DELLA BARNETT, SBN# 88649 VIRGINIA VILLEGAS, SBN#179062 

CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION VILLEGAS/CARRERA, LLP 

2210 K Street, Suite 201 170 Columbus Avenue, Suite 300 

Sacramento, CA 95814 San Francisco, CA 94133 

Telephone: (916) 446-7904 Telephone: (415) 989-8000 

Facsimile: (916) 446-3057 Facsimile: (415) 989-8028 

Attorneys for all Plaintiff(s) Attorneys for all Plaintiff(s) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

Case No. 13-CV-02270-MCE-KJN 

DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE OF 

DEFENDANTS ISLANDS, INC. and THOMAS 

HESTER and; DISMISSAL OF ACTION IN 

ITS ENTIRETY and ORDER 

PATRICIA ALVAREZ CARDENAS, et al., 

 Plaintiff(s), 

 

 v. 

SGLC, INC., SALVADOR GONZALEZ, dba 

SALVADOR GONZALEZ FARM LABOR 

CONTRACTOR, and JULIAN GONZALEZ 

Defendant(s) 

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DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE OF DEFENDANTS ISLANDS, INC. and THOMAS HESTER and; 

DISMISSAL OF ACTION IN ITS ENTIRETY and ORDER 

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TO THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AND ALL PARTIES OF RECORD: 

 All Plaintiff(s), hereby dismiss this action against ISLANDS, INC. and THOMAS HESTER, in 

its entirety, with prejudice, and with all parties to bear their own attorneys’ fees and costs, except 

otherwise provided in the Settlement Agreement filed with and approved by this court. 

 With this dismissal the matter will be resolved as to all Plaintiffs as against all Defendants and, 

therefore, Plaintiffs hereby dismiss this action in its entirety. 

 Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 41(a) and pursuant to the terms of the 

Settlement Agreements this Court shall retain jurisdiction over the action for the sole purpose of 

enforcing the terms of the various Settlement Agreements entered in this action. 

 

Date: May 22, 2015 CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE, INC. 

By: __/s/CYNTHIA L. RICE__________________ 

CYNTHIA L. RICE

 Attorney for some Plaintiff(s) 

Date: May 22, 2015 CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE 

 FOUNDATION

 

By: __/s/ DELLA BARNETT______________________ 

 DELLA BARNETT 

 Attorney for all Plaintiff(s) 

Date: May 22, 2015 VILLEGAS/CARRERA, LLP 

 By: ___/s/ VIRGINIA R. VILLEGAS_____________ 

 VIRGINIA R. VILLEGAS

Attorney for all Plaintiff(s) 

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DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE OF DEFENDANTS ISLANDS, INC. and THOMAS HESTER and; 

DISMISSAL OF ACTION IN ITS ENTIRETY and ORDER 

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ORDER 

 Pursuant parties’ settlement and Plaintiffs’ notice of voluntary dismissal, this action is hereby 

DISMISSED with prejudice. The Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 3, 2015

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