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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition For Removal--Other Contract

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1 That statutes provides as follows: “If parties to pending litigation stipulate, in a writing signed

by the parties outside the presence of the court or orally before the court, for settlement of the case, or

part thereof, the court, upon motion, may enter judgment pursuant to the terms of the settlement. If

requested by the parties, the court may retain jurisdiction over the parties to enforce the settlement until

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

COREMETRICS, INC., a Delaware

corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

ATOMIC PARK.COM, LLC, a/k/a

ATOMICPARK.COM, and DOES 1 though

20, inclusive,

Defendants.

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No. C-04-0222 EMC

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO ENFORCE SETTLEMENT

AGREEMENT 

(Docket No. 81)

Currently pending before the Court is Plaintiff Coremetrics, Inc.’s motion to enforce the

settlement agreement entered into by the parties on January 24, 2006. After Defendant

AtomicPark.com, LLC failed to file an opposition, the Court vacated the hearing on the motion. 

Having reviewed the papers submitted as well as all other evidence of record, the Court hereby

GRANTS Coremetrics’s motion to enforce.

I. DISCUSSION

As part of the written and signed settlement agreement, the parties stipulated that the

settlement agreement could be enforced by entry of judgment pursuant to California Code of Civil

Procedure § 664.6.1 See Klingsporn Decl., Ex. A at 3 (settlement agreement); see also id., Ex. B at 2

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performance in full of the terms of the settlement.” Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 664.6.

2 AtomicPark apparently made the $10,000 payment and then made monthly payments from

March to November 2006 (i.e., nine monthly payments). See Weissman Decl. ¶ 2. The total paid by

AtomicPark was therefore $28,900 (i.e., $10,000 + (9 x $2,100) = $28,900). This leaves $31,100 still

owing.

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(stipulation and order of conditional dismissal) (“The parties have agreed in their written Settlement

Agreement to the continuing jurisdiction of this Court for enforcement of its terms.”). By expressly

providing for this Court’s continuing jurisdiction in the settlement agreement, the Court has

jurisdiction over Coremetrics’s motion to enforce the settlement agreement. See Kokkonen v.

Gurdian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 380-81 (1994) (stating that a court has ancillary

jurisdiction to enforce a settlement agreement when the parties agree to continuing or retention

jurisdiction).

Under the terms of the agreement, AtomicPark agreed to pay to Coremetrics a total of

$60,000. See id., Ex. A at 1 (settlement agreement). More specifically, AtomicPark agreed to make

an initial payment of $10,000 on or before February 21, 2006; thereafter, starting March 15, 2006,

AtomicPark would make twenty-four monthly installments for the remaining $50,000. See id. The

first twenty-three installments were to be in the amount of $2,100. See id. at 2. The final

installment was to be in the amount of $1,700. See id.

Coremetrics has submitted competent evidence that AtomicPark failed to make the monthly

installments due on December 15, 2006, and January 15, 2007. See id., Ex. C (letter, dated 1/30/07,

from G. Klingsporn to A. Boldin); Weissman Decl., Ex. D (letter, dated 1/18/07, from S. Weissman

to A. Boldin); id., Ex. E (stop payment order on check). Coremetrics notified AtomicPark that it

was in default under the terms of the settlement agreement. See Klingsporn Decl., Ex. C (letter);

Weissman Decl., Ex. D (letter). Coremetrics states, without dispute by AtomicPark, that

AtomicPark never cured the default. Therefore, under the terms of the settlement agreement, and

based on the evidence before the Court, AtomicPark is entitled to a judgment for the remaining

amount due, i.e., $31,100,2

 plus reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred in enforcing the

agreement. See Klingsporn Decl.., Ex. A at 2(settlement agreement); see also id. at 3 (providing

that, “[i]n the event of any future legal proceedings arising out of or related to this Agreement, the

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prevailing party in such proceedings shall be entitled to recover a reasonable sum as attorneys’

fees”). Counsel for Coremetrics has submitted a declaration in which he states that he spent 3.1

hours at a rate of $300 to enforce the settlement agreement, for a total of $930. See Klingsporn

Decl. ¶ 5. This is a reasonable fee given the work involved.

Accordingly, the Court hereby GRANTS Coremetrics’s motion to enforce the settlement

agreement and orders that judgment be entered against AtomicPark in the amount of $32,030. The

Clerk of the Court is directed to close the file in this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 3, 2007

 EDWARD M. CHEN

United States Magistrate Judge

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