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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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C09-04808 MEJ - 1 - 

STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE 

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware 

Todd O. Maiden (SBN 123524) 

Email: tmaiden@reedsmith.com 

Phillip H. Babich (SBN 269577) 

Email: pbabich@reedsmith.com 

REED SMITH LLP

101 Second Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: +1 415 543 8700 

Facsimile: +1 415 391 8269 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

Counterclaimant, and Crossclaimant 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

RICHARD G. WHITEHURST and LORRAINE 

D. WHITEHURST, as individuals and as trustees 

of the Whitehurst Family Trust, 

 Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL 

ASSOCIATION, a national banking corporation; 

CHARLOTTE A. HEINL, as an individual dba 

Norge Cleaners; and DOES 1 through 100, 

 Defendants.

No.: C 09-04808 MEJ 

STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITH 

PREJUDICE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

OF DISMISSAL 

FRCP 41(a)(2) 

Compl. Filed: October 8, 2009 

FAC Filed: December 11, 2009 

BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL 

ASSOCIATION, a national banking corporation, 

 Counterclaimant, 

vs. 

RICHARD G. WHITEHURST and LORRAINE 

D. WHITEHURST, as individuals and as trustees 

of the Whitehurst Family Trust; and ROES 1 

through 100, 

 Counterdefendants. 

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C09-04808 MEJ - 2 - 

STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE 

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware 

BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL 

ASSOCIATION, a national banking corporation, 

 Crossclaimant, 

vs. 

CHARLOTTE A. HEINL; and ZOES 1 through 

100, 

 Crossdefendants. 

Richard G. Whitehurst and Lorraine D. Whitehurst, as individuals and as trustees of the 

Whitehurst Family Trust (collectively “Whitehurst”); defendant Bank of America, National 

Association, a national banking association (the “Bank”); and Charlotte A. Heinl, deceased, an 

individual and dba Norge Cleaners by and through her insurance company the Chicago Insurance 

Company, one of the Fireman’s Fund Insurance Companies, (“Fireman’s Fund” or “Heinl” and 

together with Whitehurst and the Bank as “Parties”) have settled this action. (See Order Granting 

Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement (April 14, 2015) [Dkt. No. 54].) A true and 

correct copy of the Settlement Agreement and the First Amendment to the Settlement Agreement 

(together the “Settlement Agreement”), which the parties agree are both enforceable, are attached to 

this stipulation as Exhibits A and B, respectively. 

The Parties HEREBY STIPULATE through their designated counsel that the entire abovecaptioned action be and hereby is dismissed with prejudice pursuant to FRCP 41(a)(2) and the 

Settlement Agreement. The Parties request that the Court retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms and 

conditions of the Settlement Agreement and, therefore, respectfully request that the Court 

incorporate the Settlement Agreement in its Order of Dismissal. “Parties who wish to retain the 

court’s jurisdiction to enforce their settlement agreement may do so . . . by incorporating the terms

of the settlement agreement in the order of dismissal. In [that] event, breach of the settlement 

agreement violates the court’s order, thereby creating ancillary jurisdiction to enforce the 

agreement.” See Cal. Prac. Guide: Fed. Civ. Pro. Before Trial, Ch. 15-C, § 15:141.1 (The Rutter 

Group 2011) (emphasis in original) (citing Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America, 511 U.S. 

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C09-04808 MEJ - 3 - 

STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE 

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware 

375, 381 (1994), Hagestad v. Tragesser, 49 F.3d 1430, 1432 (9th Cir. 1995), and Hill v. Baxter 

Healthcare Corp., 405 F.3d 572, 576-577 (7th Cir. 2005)). “[T]he court clearly has ancillary 

jurisdiction to enforce its own orders and decrees. . . . Therefore, to the extent the settlement is 

embodied in the judgment, the court can enforce it by execution and by contempt proceedings in 

appropriate cases.” Id., § 15:141.18 (citing TNT Marketing, Inc. v. Agresti, 796 F.2d 276, 278 (9th 

Cir. 1986)). 

By signing below, counsel certify that they have the authority to bind, and are binding, the 

party or parties that they are signing on behalf of. 

Paladin Law Group® LLP 

By: /s/ John R. Till 

John R. Till 

Attorney for Whitehurst 

Date: April 24, 2015 

Reed Smith LLP 

By: /s/ Todd O. Maiden 

Todd O. Maiden 

Attorney for Bank of America, NA 

Date: April 24, 2015 

 

Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP 

By: /s/ David F. Wood 

David F. Wood 

Attorney for Heinl 

Date: April 24, 2015 

[PROPOSED] ORDER OF DISMISSAL 

The Court orders that this action shall be and hereby is dismissed with prejudice and with mutual 

waivers of costs pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2) and the Court retains 

jurisdiction to enforce the parties’ Settlement Agreement, see Exhibits A and B, which the Court 

incorporates herein. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

 

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Maria-Elena James 

United States Magistrate Judge 

April 27, 2015

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