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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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STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE; [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

KIMBERLY A. GAAB (SBN 166452)

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Federal Defendants United States of America 

and National Health Services, Inc. dba Joy Carino Kimpo 

Family Medical Center

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SALVADOR CEJA, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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DELANO REGIONAL MEDICAL )

CENTER, SANDRA SCHAEFER, M.D.,)

and DOES 1-10, inclusive, )

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Defendants. )

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Case No. 1:06-cv-00858-AWI-DLB

STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL

WITHOUT PREJUDICE AND ORDER

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

SUBSTITUTE AS MOOT

Plaintiff Salvador Ceja (“Plaintiff”) and Federal Defendants

United States of America and National Health Services, Inc. dba

Joy Carino Kimpo Family Medical Center (“Federal Defendants”), by

and through undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate to dismissal of

the action against Federal Defendants without prejudice. 

Plaintiff and Federal Defendants shall each bear his/their own

costs.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: August 1, 2006.

By: /s/Craig A. Edmonston 

CRAIG A. EDMONSTON

Attorney for Plaintiff

Salvador Ceja

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STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE; [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

Dated: August 1, 2006. McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/Kimberly A. Gaab 

KIMBERLY A. GAAB

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Federal 

Defendants United States of 

America and National Health 

Services, Inc. dba Joy Carino 

Kimpo Family Medical Center

ORDER

Plaintiff and Federal Defendants seek dismissal of the

action against Federal Defendants 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). Because Plaintiff has filed a stipulation

for dismissal with prejudice as to Federal Defendants under Rule

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STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE; [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

41(a)(1)(ii) that is signed by all parties who have made an

appearance, the action against Federal Defendants has terminated. 

See Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 41(a)(1)(ii). 

Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Federal Defendants are

DISMISSED from this action. Federal Defendant’s pending motion

to substitute is DENIED was moot.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 4, 2006 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

9h0d30 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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