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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:2271 Federal Tort Claims Act

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Robert E. Haydern, Esq., CSB

#085649

LAW OFFICES OF STANLEY J. 

BELL

A Professional Corporation

824 Cowan Road

Burlingame, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 391-3700 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

KRISTI C. KAPETAN

Assistant United States Attorney

Suite 4401, Federal Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Defendant 

United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - FRESNO

RUDY GUZMAN, GWEN GUZMAN, )

JALISSA GUZMAN, a minor, and )

JULIAN GUZMAN, a minor, and )

JADA GUZMAN, a minor, by and )

through their Guardian Ad )

Litem, Gwen Guzman, )

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Plaintiffs, )

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v. )

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

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Defendants. )

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CASE NO.: 1:05-cv-00556-AWI-TAG

VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL

FRCP 41

The parties, by and through undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate that this matter may be

dismissed, with prejudice, each side to bear its own costs. 

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Dated: February 7, 2006 /s/ Robert E. Hayden 

ROBERT E. HAYDEN, ESQ. 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

Dated: February 9, 2006 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Kristi C. Kapetan 

KRISTI C. KAPETAN

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

United States of America

ORDER

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 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. 

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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: February 10, 2006 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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