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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:2651 Medical Care Recovery

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

KENNETH L. CAMPBELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

BARACK OBAMA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-03071-BLF 

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO FILE 

LETTER REQUEST FOR ENTRY OF 

FINAL JUDGMENT; AND DENYING 

REQUEST

[Re: ECF 123]

On September 16, 2015, Defendant Los Altos Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center, 

erroneously sued as Los Altos Sub-Acute/J. Alvarez and/or Mark Brian, Exc. Director Los Altos 

Sub Acute (“Los Altos”), submitted to chambers a hard copy of a letter requesting entry of final 

judgment in its favor. The letter is marked “Chambers Copy,” indicating that it is a chambers 

copy of a filed document. However, the letter has not been filed electronically. The Clerk is 

HEREBY DIRECTED to file the letter. 

On September 16, 2015, the same date upon which the letter was submitted to chambers, 

Los Altos electronically filed a Proposed Judgment of Dismissal. See Proposed Judgment of 

Dismissal, ECF 123.

Los Altos’s request for entry of final judgment is governed by Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 54(b), which provides as follows:

(b) Judgment on Multiple Claims or Involving Multiple Parties. When an 

action presents more than one claim for relief – whether as a claim, counterclaim, 

crossclaim, or third-party claim – or when multiple parties are involved, the court 

may direct entry of a final judgment as to one or more, but fewer than all, claims or 

parties only if the court expressly determines that there is no just reason for delay. 

Otherwise, any order or other decision, however designated, that adjudicates fewer 

than all the claims or the rights and liabilities of fewer than all the parties does not 

end the action as to any of the claims or parties and may be revised at any time 

before the entry of a judgment adjudicating all the claims and all the parties’ rights 

and liabilities.

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Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b) (emphasis added).

Neither Los Altos’s letter request nor its proposed judgment explain why the Court should 

make an exception to the general rule that final judgment is entered only after all claims have been 

adjudicated as to all parties. Accordingly, Los Altos has not demonstrated that “there is no just 

reason for delay” in entering final judgment as to it.

The request for entry of final judgment is DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 22, 2015

______________________________________

BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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