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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1442 Petition for Removal

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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF REMOVED ACTION Page 1

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

YOSHINORI H. T. HIMEL #66194

Assistant U. S. Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2760

Attorneys for the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD LEE STRAND,

Plaintiff,

v.

CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS,

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,

Defendant.

2:07-cv-02075-MCE-GGH

STIPULATION AND ORDER

FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL

OF REMOVED ACTION

State Court Number: FCR244704

(Superior Court, Solano County)

STIPULATION

The parties to the removed action (a Superior Court order to show cause re contempt,

issued to Custodian of Records, Social Security Administration), through their undersigned

counsel, hereby stipulate, under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41 and subject to the approval of the Court as

provided for hereon, as follows:

1. The United States's objective in removing was to obtain dismissal of the state court

contempt proceeding against it for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because of federal

sovereign immunity.

2. The Superior Court vacated its Order to Show Cause before the removal.

3. Because the vacation satisfies the United States's objective, the removed action

between Mr. Strand and the United States no longer presents a case or controversy.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF REMOVED ACTION Page 2

4. Accordingly, the removed action should be and hereby is DISMISSED for lack of

subject matter jurisdiction because it is moot.

Dated: October 10, 2007 VANESSA L. PERRY

Director, Conflict Defender's Office

County of Solano

By: /s/ Kathryn J. Barton 

KATHRYN J. BARTON

Deputy Public Defender

Attorneys for RICHARD LEE STRAND

Dated: October 10, 2007 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Y H T Himel 

YOSHINORI H. T. HIMEL

Assistant U. S. Attorney

Attorneys for the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ORDER

It is APPROVED and SO ORDERED. The removed action is DISMISSED for

mootness.

Dated: October 10, 2007

________________________________

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE BY MAIL

The undersigned hereby certifies that she is an employee in the Office of the United

States Attorney for the Eastern District of California and is a person of such age and

discretion to be competent to serve papers.

That on October 10, 2007, she served a copy of:

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR VOLUNTARY

DISMISSAL OF REMOVED ACTION

by placing said copy in an envelope addressed to the persons hereinafter named, at the places

and addresses shown below, which are the last known addresses, and mailing said envelope

and contents in the U.S. Mail in Sacramento, California.

Addressees:

Kathryn J. Barton, Esq.

Solano County Conflict Defender's Office

675 Texas Street, Suite 3600

Fairfield, CA 94533

Courtesy copy to:

George Williamson, Esq.

Solano County District Attorney’s Office

675 Texas Street, Suite 4500

Fairfield, CA 94533

_____________________________

PAMELA BEAUVAIS

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