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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 00:0000 Cause Code Unknown

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28 BN FY 5 17521 v1 -1- (CIV-S-03-1883 FCD PAN)

STIPULATION FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF DEFENDANT RICK RAPALEE AND REQUEST TO

RETAIN JURISDICTION; [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

Alan J. Kessel (Cal. Bar No.: 130707)

Suzanne M. Burke (Cal. Bar No.: 188597)

Kimberly R. Colombo (Cal. Bar No.: 210451)

BUCHALTER, NEMER, FIELDS & YOUNGER

A Professional Corporation

18400 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 800

Irvine, California 92612-0514

Telephone: (949) 760-1121

Facsimile: (949) 720-0182

Attorneys for Plaintiff DIRECTV, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

DIRECTV, INC., a California corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

MARVIN FREEMAN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. CIV-S-03-1883 FCD PAN

Hon. Frank C. Damrell, Jr. 

STIPULATION FOR VOLUNTARY

DISMISSAL OF DEFENDANT RICK

RAPALEE AND REQUEST TO RETAIN

JURISDICTION; ORDER THEREON

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff DIRECTV, Inc.

(“DIRECTV”) and Defendant RICK RAPALEE, through their respective counsel of record, that

the above-captioned action be and hereby is dismissed without prejudice, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ.

P. 41(a)(1), as to Defendant RICK RAPALEE. Each of said parties to bear its/his own costs and

attorney’s fees.

The terms of the Confidential Settlement Agreement dated February 17, 2005

(“Agreement”) entered into between the Defendant and DIRECTV require the performance of

certain obligations by Defendant that will not be completed until July 2005. If the Defendant

does not timely or fully perform these obligations when due, DIRECTV is authorized to seek

enforcement of those obligations in this Court. The parties therefore have consented, and hereby

further stipulate and consent to, the retention of jurisdiction over them by this Court and to

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STIPULATION FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF DEFENDANT RICK RAPALEE AND REQUEST TO

RETAIN JURISDICTION; [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

reference to a Magistrate Judge in this District for the purpose of enforcing those obligations of

the Agreement, as defined therein. The parties therefore respectfully request that the Court retain

such jurisdiction.

DATED: April 14, 2005 Respectfully Submitted,

BUCHALTER, NEMER, FIELDS & YOUNGER

A Professional Corporation

By: /s/ Kimberly R. Colombo 

Kimberly R. Colombo

Attorneys for Plaintiff DIRECTV, Inc.

DATED: April 14, 2005 PARR LAW GROUP

By: /s/ Shawn R. Parr (original obtained by 

 attorney)

Shawn R. Parr

Attorneys for Defendant RICK RAPALEE

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STIPULATION FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF DEFENDANT RICK RAPALEE AND REQUEST TO

RETAIN JURISDICTION; [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

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ORDER

HAVING READ AND CONSIDERED the forgoing Stipulation for Voluntary

Dismissal of Defendant RICK RAPALEE and Request to Retain Jurisdiction, and such other

pleadings, documents and records deemed appropriate by the Court, and good cause appearing

therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

(1) Defendant RICK RAPALEE is hereby dismissed from this action without

prejudice; 

(2) Each of said parties to bear its/his own costs and attorney’s fees; and

(3) The Court shall retain jurisdiction over DIRECTV and Defendant RICK

RAPALEE to enforce the terms described above of the Settlement Agreement between those

parties dated February 17, 2005 and hereby refers any further proceedings in this action to

enforce such terms of the Settlement Agreement to a Magistrate Judge of this District. 

Dated: April 18, 2005

____/s/ Frank C. Damrell, Jr.______

Honorable Frank C. Damrell, Jr. 

Judge of the United States District Court 

Eastern District of California

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