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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

DONALD R. LEACH, 1:00-cv-06139-LJO-GSA PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING CASE WITH PREJUDICE

UNDER RULE 41(a)(1)(A)(ii)

vs.

ORDER FOR CLERK TO CLOSE CASE

TOM CAREY, T. DREW,

D. SCHROEDER, and HAWS,

Defendants. 

 /

This is a civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Plaintiff Donald R.

Leach (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se. Plaintiff is presently incarcerated at the

Kern Valley State Prison in Delano, California. Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this

action on August 2, 2000. (Doc. 1.) On December 17, 2010, Plaintiff and Defendants

participated in settlement proceedings before Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston, and the case

was settled. (Doc. 125.)

On December 21, 2010, Plaintiff and Defendants filed a stipulation to voluntarily dismiss

this action with prejudice, as to all Defendants, pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). (Doc. 126.)

Under Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), "the plaintiff may dismiss an action without a court order by filing a

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stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who have appeared." Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). 

All of the parties to this action have signed the stipulation.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. This action is dismissed in its entirety, with prejudice, as to all Defendants,

pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii); and

2. The Clerk of Court is directed to close this case and serve a copy of this order on

Magistrate Judge Thurston.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 30, 2010 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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