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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE

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EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

Attorney General of the State of California

DAVID S. CHANEY

Chief Assistant Attorney General

FRANCES T. GRUNDER

Senior Assistant Attorney General

MONICA N. ANDERSON

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

ALVIN GITTISRIBOONGUL, State Bar No. 170296

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 323-1997

Fax: (916) 324-5205

Email: Alvin.Gittisriboongul@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants Mendoza-Powers, Woodford

and Erly

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

EVAN T. STONE,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOANNE WOODFORD, et al.,

Defendants.

1:05-cv-0845 AWI DLB

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR

DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE

Plaintiff Evan T. Stone, through his counsel of record, and Defendants Kathy

Mendoza-Power, Jeanne Woodford, and Nancy Erly, through their counsel of record, stipulate to

the voluntary dismissal of this action with prejudice.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: November 26, 2007 CAROLYN D. PHILLIPS

Attorney at Law

By: /s/ Carolyn D. Phillips 

CAROLYN D. PHILLIPS

Attorney for Plaintiff, Evan T. Stone

Dated: November 26, 2007 ROBERT NAVARRO

Attorney at Law

By: /s/ Robert Navarro 

ROBERT NAVARRO

Attorney for Plaintiff, Evan T. Stone

Dated: March 26, 2008 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

By: /s/ Alvin Gittisriboongul 

ALVIN GITTISRIBOONGUL

Attorney for Defendants, Kathy MendozaPower, Jeanne Woodford, and Nancy Erly

ORDER

The parties seek dismissal of this action pursuant to Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure. Rule 41(a)(1), in relevant part, reads:

an action may be dismissed by the plaintiff without order of court (i) by filing a notice

of dismissal at any time before service by the adverse party of an answer or of a motion

for summary judgment, whichever first occurs, or (ii) by filing a stipulation of

dismissal signed by all parties who have appeared in the action. Unless otherwise

stated in the notice of dismissal or stipulation, the dismissal is without prejudice,

except that a notice of dismissal operates as an adjudication upon the merits when filed

by a plaintiff who has once dismissed in any court of the United States or of any state

an action based on or including the same claim.

Rule 41(a)(1)(ii) thus allows the parties to dismiss an action voluntarily, after service of an

answer, by filing a written stipulation to dismiss signed by all of the parties who have appeared,

although an oral stipulation in open court will also suffice. Carter v. Beverly Hills Sav. & Loan

Asso., 884 F.2d 1186, 1191 (9th Cir. 1989); Eitel v. McCool, 782 F.2d 1470, 1472-73 (9th Cir.

1986). Once the stipulation between the parties who have appeared is properly filed or made in

open court, no order of the court is necessary to effectuate dismissal. Fed. R. Civ. Pro.

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41(a)(1)(ii); Eitel, 782 F.2d at 1473 n.4. Because Plaintiff has filed a stipulation for dismissal

with prejudice as to all parties under Rule 41(a)(1)(ii) that is signed by all parties who have made

an appearance, this case has terminated. See Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 41(a)(1)(ii); In re Wolf, 842 F.2d

at 466; Gardiner, 747 F.2d at 1189; see also Gambale, 377 F.3d at 139; Commercial Space

Mgmt, 193 F.3d at 1077; cf. Wilson, 111 F.3d at 692. 

Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action is DISMISSED and the Clerk of the

Court is DIRECTED to close this case in light of the parties’ filed and signed Rule 41(a)(1)(ii)

Stipulation For Dismissal With Prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 27, 2008 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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