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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Virginia Odilia Esqueda
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VIRGINIA ODILIA ESQUEDA,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, 

ACTING COMMISSIONER OF 

SOCIAL SECURITY,

Defendant.

No. 1:16-cv-00261 (SKO)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT 

TO CLOSE CASE

On October 11, 2016, the parties filed a joint stipulation of dismissal, with prejudice. 

(Doc. 13.) Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A) provides:

[T]he plaintiff may dismiss an action without a court order by 

filing: (i) a notice of dismissal before the opposing party serves 

either an answer to a motion for summary judgment, or (ii) a 

stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who have appeared.

Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A). Rule 41 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. See 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. Case law concerning 

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stipulated dismissals under Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) is clear that the entry of such a stipulation of 

dismissal is effective automatically and does not require judicial approval. Commercial Space 

Mgmt. Co. v. Boeing Co., 193 F.3d 1074, 1077 (9th Cir. 1999).

Because the parties have filed a stipulation for dismissal of this case with prejudice under 

Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) that is signed by all parties who have made an appearance, this case has 

terminated. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the 

Clerk of the Court close this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 21, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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