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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FELEX BATHAN, No. 1:19-cv-01736-DAD-SKO Plaintiff, v. ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF

COURT TO CLOSE CASE

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., (Doc. 3) Defendant. 16 17 On December 18, 2019, the parties filed a stipulation that this action be dismissed without prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Doc. 3.) In the stipulation, the parties request that the Court enter an order “dismissing Plaintiff and Defendant from this action.” (Id. at 2.) In relevant part, Rule 41(a)(1)(A) provides as follows: [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,…