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Parties Involved:
Cooper Chase Construction
Defendant
International Fidelity Insurance Company
Defendant
United States of America for the Use and Benefit of D.P. Industries, Inc.
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA for the Use

and Benefit of D.P. INDUSTRIES, INC., a 

Nevada corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

COOPER CHASE CONSTRUCTION, a

California corporation; INTERNATIONAL

FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY, a New

Jersey corporation,

Defendants.

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No. 1:15-CV-01904---MJS

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF 

COURT TO CLOSE CASE

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On March 22, 2016, Plaintiff filed the parties' stipulation that the action be dismissed

with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). 

In relevant part, Rule 41(a)(1)(A) provides as follows:

[A] 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.

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). 

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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. Caselaw concerning 

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). "The plaintiff may dismiss 

some or all of the defendants, or some or all of his claims, through a Rule 41(a)(1) notice," and 

the dismissal "automatically terminates the action as to the defendants who are the subjects of 

the notice." Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997).

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 is to 

administratively close this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 28, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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