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Parties Involved:
Pembra R. Bergstrom
Plaintiff
UNUM Life Insurance Company of America
Defendant

Document Text:

Linda M. Lawson (Bar No. 77130)

LLawson@mmhllp.com

Russell G. Gomm (Bar No. 231056)

RGomm@mmhllp.com

MESERVE, MUMPER & HUGHES LLP

300 South Grand Avenue, 24th Floor

Los Angeles, California 90071-3185

Telephone: (213) 620-0300

Facsimile: (213) 625-1930

Attorneys for Defendant

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF

AMERICA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

PEMBRA R. BERGSTROM,

Plaintiff,

vs.

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Maine

corporation; and DOES 1 through 10,

inclusive,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:06!CV!00038!AWI!LJO

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE:

DISMISSAL OF ENTIRE ACTION

WITH PREJUDICE

COMES NOW Plaintiff PEMBRA R. BERGSTROM by and through her

counsel of record, Noriega & Bradshaw, LLP, and Defendant UNUM LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA by and through its counsel of record,

Meserve, Mumper & Hughes LLP, and hereby agree and stipulate to dismiss this

action in its entirety, with prejudice as to all parties defendant, pursuant to Federal

Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 41(a), and each party shall bear its own attorney fees

and costs in this matter.

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The parties seek the Court’s approval of dismissal of this action with

prejudice.

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LAW O FFIC E S

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: July _____, 2006 MESERVE, MUMPER & HUGHES LLP

Linda M. Lawson 

Russell G. Gomm

By: 

Russell G. Gomm

Attorneys for Defendant

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY OF AMERICA

Dated: July , 2006 NORIEGA & BRADSHAW LLP

Robert J. Noriega

By:

Robert J. Noreiga

Attorneys for Plaintiff

PEMBRA R. BERGSTROM

ORDER

The parties seek dismissal of this action pursuant to Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil

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

an action may be dismissed by the plaintiff without order of court (i) by filing a

notice of dismissal at any time before service by the adverse party of an answer or of

a motion for summary judgment, whichever first occurs, or (ii) by filing a stipulation

of dismissal signed by all parties who have appeared in the action. Unless otherwise

stated in the notice of dismissal or stipulation, the dismissal is without prejudice,

except that a notice of dismissal operates as an adjudication upon the merits when

filed by a plaintiff who has once dismissed in any court of the United States or of any

state an action based on or including the same claim.

Rule 41(a)(1)(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. Carter v. Beverly Hills Sav. & Loan

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Asso., 884 F.2d 1186, 1191 (9th Cir. 1989); Eitel v. McCool, 782 F.2d 1470, 1472-73 (9th Cir.

1986). Because Plaintiff has filed a stipulation for dismissal with prejudice as to all parties under

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

terminated. See Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 41(a)(1)(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 this action is DISMISSED and the Clerk of the

Court is DIRECTED to close this case in light of the parties’ filed and signed Rule 41(a)(1)(ii)

Stipulation For Dismissal With Prejudice. 

Each party shall bear its own attorney fees and costs in this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 15, 2006 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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