Perry

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

6 JOHN SCALIA, individually and as successor- 1:17-cv-01097-LJO-SKO in-interest of Decedent KIMBERLY

MORRISSEY-SCALIA, ORDER RE: REQUEST FOR ENTRY

OF JUDGMENT BY DEFENDANT Plaintiff, KERN COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY v. 10 COUNTY OF KERN, et al., (ECF No. 85) 11 Defendants. 12 13 On October 21, 2019, a proposed order for judgment was submitted by Defendant Kern County Hospital Authority. See ECF No. 85. As summary judgment has already been granted in favor of Defendant Kern County Hospital Authority, that defendant has been terminated. See ECF No. 75. 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 judicial administration does not…