Sherman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DWIGHT LARRY BRADFORD, 1:17-cv-01601-LJO-SKO Plaintiff, v. ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF

COURT TO CLOSE CASE

SHERMAN, et al., (Doc. 49) Defendants. 16 17 On October 18, 2019, Plaintiff Dwight Larry Bradford filed the parties’ stipulation that this action be dismissed with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). (Doc. 49.) Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) provides that a “plaintiff may dismiss an action without a court order by filing … a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who have appeared.” Once a voluntary dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1) is properly filed, no order of the court is necessary to effectuate dismissal; the dismissal is effective automatically. Commercial Space Mgmt. Co. v. Boeing Co., 193 F.3d 1074, 1078 (9th Cir. 1999). Because Plaintiff has filed a stipulation for dismissal of this case with prejudice under Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), signed by all parties, this case has terminated.…