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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Defendant
Claudia Woodward
Plaintiff
Stanley Woodward
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STANLEY WOODWARD and 

CLAUDIA WOODWARD 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:12-cv-01807-MCE-AC 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL 

On October 19, 2015, this Court issued an Order to Show Cause (“OSC”) as to 

why this action should not be dismissed for failure to effectuate service on Defendant 

within 120 days of the filing of the Complaint, as required by the Order Requiring Joint 

Status Report (ECF No. 5) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m). On October 29, 

2015, Paul Wagstaffe, counsel for Plaintiff Claudia Woodward, filed a declaration in 

response to the OSC explaining that the lawsuit had originally been filed to protect the 

statute of limitations, that Plaintiff Stanley Woodward subsequently died in November of 

2012, and that a new lawsuit, Woodward v. United States, Case No. 13-cv-00048-MCEEFB, was subsequently filed by Claudia Woodward based on the same set of facts and 

circumstances. Mr. Wagstaffe accordingly advised the Court that he had no objection to 

this case being dismissed, without prejudice. 

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Given that representation, and good cause appearing, this lawsuit is hereby 

dismissed, without prejudice to Claudia Woodward’s continued prosecution of Case No. 

2:13-cv-00048-MCE-EFB. The hearing on the OSC scheduled for November 12, 2015 

at 2:00 p.m. is vacated, and the Clerk of Court is directed to close the above-captioned 

matter. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 9, 2015 

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