Valdez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL VALDEZ, 1:17-CV-00430-LJO-SAB

7 Plaintiff, ORDER RE: REQUEST FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT BY DEFENDANTS v. DALE WILLIAMS AND PATRICK JURDON

HANFORD POLICE OFFICER LARRY

LEEDS, in his individual capacity; et al.,

Defendants. (ECF No. 129) 12 13 On October 10, 2019, a proposed order for judgment was submitted by Dale Williams and Patrick Jurdon, who were named as defendants in this case. See ECF No. 77. As summary judgment has already been granted in favor of Defendants Jurdon and Williams, those defendants have been terminated. ECF No. 120. Accordingly, the recently filed proposed order appears to be a request for entry of separate judgment as to those defendants under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b). However, concerns about judicial economy counsel that Rule 54(b) should be used sparingly. See Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. Gen. Elec. Co., 446 U.S. 1, 10 ((1980) (“Plainly, sound…