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Parties Involved:
William F. Russell
Plaintiff
United States of America
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

WILLIAM F. RUSSELL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Defendant. 

No.: 2:14-cv-02209-KJM-DAD 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff filed a negligence action against defendant on September 23, 2015. (ECF 

1.) On April 27, 2015, the parties participated in the court’s Voluntary Dispute Resolution 

Program (VDRP) and reached settlement. See ECF No. 12. On May 5, 2015, the parties filed a 

stipulated settlement agreement and proposed order approving the settlement. (ECF 13.) In the 

settlement agreement, the parties request that this court retain jurisdiction to enforce the 

settlement agreement. (Id. at 4.) 

 By this order, the court APPROVES the parties’ stipulation and dismisses the 

action with prejudice. However, the court in its discretion declines to maintain jurisdiction to 

enforce the terms of the parties’ settlement agreement. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of 

Am., 511 U.S. 375, 381 (1994); cf. Collins v. Thompson, 8 F.3d 657, 659 (9th Cir. 1993). Unless 

there is some independent basis for federal jurisdiction, enforcement of the agreement is for state 

courts. Kokkonen, 511 U.S. at 382. 

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 IT IS SO ORDERED 

DATED: June 4, 2015. 

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