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Parties Involved:
Accurate Smog
Defendant
Barbara Mattice
Defendant
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TEXAS GUARANTEED STUDENT LOAN

CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

vs.

BARBARA MATTICE dba ACCURATE 

SMOG,

Defendant.

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No. 1:15-cv-01491---SKO

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF 

COURT TO CLOSE CASE

On January 27, 2016, the parties filed a 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 

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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. 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). 

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 close this 

case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 28, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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