(SS) Gonzales v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

11 JACK JAMES GONZALES, ) ) N o. 1:18-cv-01637-SKO Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF vs. ) COURT TO CLOSE CASE ANDREW SAUL, ) ) (Doc. 18) ) ) Defendant. ) ) ) )

19 On September 6, 2019, Plaintiff filed the parties’ stipulation that this action be dismissed with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). (Doc. 18.) In relevant part, Rule 41(a)(1)(A) provides as follows:

23 [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…