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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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DOOLEY HERR 

 & PELTZER

Attorneys at Law, LLP

100 Willow Plaza

Suite 300

Visalia, CA 93291

(559) 636-0200

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Stipulation of Dismissal and Order Thereon

Leonard C. Herr, #81896

DOOLEY HERR & PELTZER

Attorneys at Law, LLP

100 Willow Plaza, Suite 300

Visalia, California 93291

Telephone: (559) 636-0200

Attorneys for Defendant and Counter-Claimant

 CITY OF VISALIA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAIDLAW TRANSIT SERVICES, INC.

 Plaintiff,

vs.

CITY OF VISALIA,

 Defendant.

CASE NO: 1:05-cv-0199-AWI-SMS

STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL 

AND ORDER THEREON 

CITY OF VISALIA,

 Counter-Claimant,

vs.

LAIDLAW TRANSIT SERVICES, INC.

 Counter-Defendant.

A written settlement agreement having been reached, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant

LAIDLAW TRANSIT SERVICES, INC., through its counsel, HAGER, TRIPPEL, MACY &

JENSEN and DUNN, LEE & KEARY and Defendant/Counter-Claimant CITY OF VISALIA,

through its counsel, DOOLEY HERR & PELTZER, LLP hereby stipulate that the above-captioned

matter be dismissed with prejudice pursuant to FRCP 41(a)(1).

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Stipulation of Dismissal and Order Thereon

DATED: June 20, 2006 HAGER, TRIPPEL, MACY & JENSEN 

 

 By: /s/ Paul R. Hager _______________________ 

 PAUL R. HAGER

 Attorney for LAIDLAW TRANSIT SERVICES, INC.

 

DATED: June 20, 2006 DUNN, LEE & KEARY 

 

 By: /s/ Stephen W. Dunn _______________________ 

 STEPHEN W. DUNN

 Attorney for LAIDLAW TRANSIT SERVICES, INC.

DATED: June 20, 2006 DOOLEY HERR & PELTZER, LLP

 By: /s/ Leonard C. Herr ________________________ 

 LEONARD C. HERR

 Attorney for CITY OF VISALIA

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 or of 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

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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. 

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: June 21, 2006 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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