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Parties Involved:
Marilyn Ballas
Plaintiff
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARILYN BALLAS, )

) 2:07-cv-356-GEB-DAD

Plaintiff, )

)

v. ) 

) ORDER

KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS, a )

California corporation, )

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Defendant. )

)

On July 20, 2007, the parties filed a Stipulation for

Dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2) and an 

Order Thereon. The “Order” portion of the Stipulation states in

pertinent part that “[t]he court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce

the terms of the settlement.” The parties erroneously assume the

court will retain jurisdiction over “terms of [a] settlement” which it

has not seen. “[T]he mere fact that the parties agree that the court

[shall retain] jurisdiction [over their settlement] is not binding on

the court.” Arata v. Nu Skin Int’l, Inc., 96 F.3d 1265, 1269 (9th

Cir. 1996). 

However, regardless of whether the parties’ Stipulation was

intended to be conditional upon the court’s retention of jurisdiction

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over their settlement, since the parties have settled this action and

seek to dismiss it with prejudice, this action is dismissed with

prejudice, and the Clerk of the Court is directed to close this

action. See, e.g., Oswalt v. Scripto, Inc., 616 F.2d 191, 194-95 (5th

Cir. 1980) (finding dismissal appropriate under Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 41(a)(1) “even though there was no formal [Rule 41(a)(1)]

dismissal or stipulation filed with the clerk” since the parties’

representations were tantamount to a stipulated dismissal). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 24, 2007

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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