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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Medical Malpractice

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

BRIAN W. ENOS

Assistant U.S. Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street, Ste. 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4058

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Defendant United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DOROTHY J. HARRIS AND JAMES )

HARRIS, )

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Plaintiffs, )

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v. )

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

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Defendant. )

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1:04-cv-5434 AWI/SMS

STIPULATION FOR DISMISSAL AND

ORDER 

Pursuant to the terms of a written Settlement Agreement as

well as the provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1), the parties,

by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate that

this action be dismissed with prejudice.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: March 10, , 2006 MARTIN M. BERMAN, 

A Law Corporation

/s/Martin M. Berman____

MARTIN M. BERMAN, Esq.

JEANNE ANNE STEFFIN, Esq.

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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Dated: April 13, 2006 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/Brian W. Enos 

BRIAN W. ENOS

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

United States of America

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

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 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. Because

Plaintiff has filed a stipulation for dismissal with prejudice as

to all parties under Rule 41(a)(1)(ii) that is signed by all

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parties who have made an appearance, this case has terminated. 

See Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 41(a)(1)(ii); In re Wolf, 842 F.2d at 466;

Gardiner, 747 F.2d at 1189; see also Gambale, 377 F.3d at 139;

Commercial Space Mgmt, 193 F.3d at 1077; cf. Wilson, 111 F.3d at

692. 

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: April 14, 2006 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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