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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1335 Interpleader Action

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ORDER PURSUANT TO STIPULATION

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William G. Priest, Jr. (SBN 049919)

THE PRIEST LAW OFFICES

28 N. First Street, Suite 100

San Jose, California 95113

Telephone: (408) 279-3450

Attorney for Defendant

Raul Martinez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MINNESOTA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ) CASE NO. C05 01669 HRL

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Plaintiff, ) [proposed] 

)

v. ) ORDER APPROVING 

) SETTLEMENT AND 

RAUL MARTINEZ, as Administrator of the ) FOR DISMISSAL PURSUANT

ESTATE OF GILBERT RODRIGUEZ ) TO STIPULATION

MARTINEZ, and NADIA ANNETE MARTINEZ, )

also known as NADIA ANNETTE NELSON, )

an individual, )

) 

Defendants. ) 

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NADIA ABELE, )

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Cross-complainant, )

)

v. )

)

RAUL MARTINEZ, as Administrator of the )

ESTATE OF GILBERT RODRIGUEZ )

MARTINEZ, and FEDEX WEST, INC., )

a corporation, )

)

Cross-defendants )

__________________________________________)

 )

AND RELATED CROSS-CLAIMS )

__________________________________________)

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ORDER PURSUANT TO STIPULATION

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Upon reading the Stipulation for Order Approving Settlement and for Dismissal of Action

executed on behalf of the remaining parties to this action, and good cause appearing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED THAT:

1. The “Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release,” entered into effective December 5, 2005,

by and between Raul Martinez, as Administrator of the Estate of Gilbert Rodriguez Martinez, and

Nadia Abele, formerly known as Nadia Annette Martinez, also known as Nadia Annette Nelson, a

copy of which is filed herein as “Exhibit A” to that certain “Stipulation for Order Approving

Settlement and for Dismissal of Action,” executed by the attorneys for said parties, is approved by the

Court.

2. The pretrial conference in this action, set for May 16, 2006 at 1:30 p.m., and the trial date

set for May 22, 2006, are both hereby vacated.

3. The Clerk shall forthwith disburse all remaining funds on deposit with this Court on

account of the interpleader action, to The Estate of Gilbert Rodriguez Martinez, c/o William G. Priest,

Jr., The Priest Law Offices, 28 N. First Street, Suite 100, San Jose, CA 95113.

4. The action shall be, and upon disbursement of funds as provided above, is dismissed in its

entirety, with prejudice, as to all parties and all causes of action, save and except that such dismissal

shall be without prejudice to the rights of the parties to enforce the terms of the settlement agreement

pursuant to which the Stipulation for Order upon which this Order is made.

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5. Except as previously ordered by the Court in this action, each party shall pay his/her/its own

costs and any attorney’s fees incurred herein.

DATED: ____________, 2006.

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Hon. Howard R. Lloyd

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CONTENT:

DATED: April 5, 2006. THE PRIEST LAW OFFICES

/S/ WILLIAM G PRIEST JR

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William G. Priest, Jr.

Attorney for Defendant/Cross-defendant/

Cross-cross-complainant Raul Martinez

as Administrator of the Estate of Gilbert

Rodriguez

DATED: April 5, 2006. CARTER, DOUGHERTY & KEILEY

/S/ ANTHONY J KEILEY III

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Anthony J. Keiley III

Attorney for Defendant/Cross-complainant/

Cross-cross-defendant Nadia Abele

I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any

signatures indicated by a "conformed" signature (/S/) within this efiled

document.

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