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Parties Involved:
Fresno Madera Farm Credit
Counter Defendant
Open Solutions, Inc.
Counter Claimant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO MADERA FARM CREDIT, an )

Agriculture Credit Association within the )

federal Farm Credit System and )

regulated by the Farm Credit Admin., )

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Plaintiff, )

v. )

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OPEN SOLUTIONS, INC., Delaware )

corporation, and DOES 1 through 10, )

inclusive, )

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Defendants. )

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 1:09-CV-1696 AWI GSA

ORDER CLOSING CASE IN

LIGHT OF RULE 41(a)

STIPULATION OF

DISMISSAL WITH

PREJUDICE

(Doc. Nos. 10, 32, 37, 39)

On January 8, 2010, the parties filed a stipulation for dismissal with prejudice of this

entire case, including counterclaims, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a). The

notice is signed by all parties who have appeared in this case.

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

(A) . . . the plaintiff may dismiss an action without a court order by filing: (i) a

notice of dismissal before the opposing party serves either an answer or a motion

for summary judgment; or (ii) a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who

have appeared. . . . (B) Unless the notice or stipulation states otherwise, the

dismissal is without prejudice. 

Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(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. See 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

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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.

41(a)(1)(A); Eitel, 782 F.2d at 1473 n.4. “Caselaw concerning stipulated dismissals under Rule

41(a) (1) (ii) is clear that the entry of such a stipulation of dismissal is effective automatically and

does not require judicial approval.” In re Wolf, 842 F.2d 464, 466 (D.C. Cir. 1989); Gardiner v.

A.H. Robins Co., 747 F.2d 1180, 1189 (8th Cir. 1984); see also Gambale v. Deutsche Bank AG,

377 F.3d 133, 139 (2d Cir. 2004); Commercial Space Mgmt. Co. v. Boeing Co., 193 F.3d 1074,

1077 (9th Cir. 1999) cf. Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997)

(addressing Rule 41(a)(1)(i) dismissals). 

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

41(a)(1) that is signed by all parties who have made an appearance, this case has terminated. See

Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 41(a)(1)(A)(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:

1. All pending motion are DENIED as moot; and

2. The Clerk is to close this case in light of the parties’s filed and properly signed Rule

41(a)(1)(A) Stipulation Of Dismissal With Prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 8, 2010 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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