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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 29:206 Collect Unpaid Wages

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEPHEN HALE; and O’BRIAN 

RANGEL, individually, on behalf of 

themselves, and all others similarly 

situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ENSIGN UNITED STATES DRILLING 

(CALIFORNIA) INC.; ENSIGN ENERGY 

SERVICES, INC.; and ENSIGN UNITED 

STATES DRILLING, INC.,

Defendants.

No. 1:15-cv-01042-DAD-JLT

DEFENDANT ENSIGN ENERGY 

SERVICES, INC. HAS BEEN DISMISSED 

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

(Doc. No. 30)

On April 18, 2016, the parties filed a joint stipulation dismissing defendant Ensign Energy 

Services, Inc. without prejudice and with each party to bear its own costs and attorneys’ fees. 

(Doc. No. 30.) In light of the parties’ stipulation, defendant Ensign Energy Services, Inc. has 

been terminated from the case, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii); Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 

F.3d 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997), and has been dismissed without prejudice and without an award of 

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attorneys’ fees and costs to either party. This dismissal does not affect the status of the other 

defendants in the matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 19, 2016 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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