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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RACHEL BRYANT,

Plaintiff,

v.

PRIME PROPERTIES, a general 

partnership; F & H PIZZA INC., d/b/a 

LITTLE CAESAR’S PIZZA; HURLEY 

ENTERPRISES, LLC, d/b/a D’s WASH & 

DRY,

Defendants.

No. 1:16-cv-00323-DAD-SAB

ORDER ENTERING JUDGMENT IN FAVOR 

OF PLAINTIFF AND AGAINST 

DEFENDANT F & H PIZZA INC., d/b/a 

LITTLE CAESAR’S PIZZA

(Doc. No. 14)

On June 23, 2016, plaintiff filed a notice of acceptance of defendant F & H Pizza Inc., 

d/b/a Little Caesar’s Pizza’s offer of judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68(a). 

(Doc. No. 14.) Plaintiff attached as an exhibit to this notice defendant F & H Pizza Inc.’s offer of 

judgment. (Doc. No. 14-1.) The offer obligated defendant F & H Pizza Inc. to pay plaintiff 

$4,450 to resolve any liability claimed in the action, including all costs of suit and attorneys’ fees. 

(Id.) The offer of judgment was served on plaintiff on June 20, 2016. (Doc. No. 14-1, at 4.) The 

acceptance of the offer was served on defendant F & H Pizza Inc. on June 23, 2016. (Doc. No. 

14-2.) No trial date is currently scheduled in this action.

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Rule 68(a) states, in relevant part:

At least 14 days before the date set for trial, a party defending 

against a claim may serve on an opposing party an offer to allow 

judgment on specified terms, with the costs then accrued. If, within 

14 days after being served, the opposing party serves written notice 

accepting the offer, either party may then file the offer and notice of 

acceptance, plus proof of service. The clerk must then enter 

judgment.

It is widely accepted that “[t]he [Rule 68] offer, once made, is non-negotiable; it is either 

accepted, in which case it is automatically entered by the clerk of court, or rejected, in which case 

it stands as the marker by which the plaintiff’s results are ultimately measured.” Nusom v. Comh 

Woodburn, Inc., 122 F.3d 830, 834 (9th Cir. 1997).

In this matter the Rule 68 offer was made at least fourteen days before the trial date and 

the offer was accepted within fourteen days of service. Plaintiff has since filed the offer and 

notice of acceptance as well as a proof of service with the court. Accordingly, because the 

procedural requirements of Rule 68 have been met:

1) The Clerk of the Court is directed to enter judgment in favor of plaintiff and against 

defendant F & H Pizza Inc., d/b/a Little Caesar’s Pizza; and

2) Defendant F & H Pizza Inc., d/b/a Little Caesar’s Pizza is dismissed from this action as a 

result of the judgment.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 1, 2016 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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