Hernandez

Johnson v. Hernandez

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaDecember 22, 20202:14-cv-02787California215 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Scott Johnson, No. 2: 14-cv-02787-KJM-KJIN Plaintiff, ORDER Vv. Jesus T. Hernandez, Defendant. 16 On August 19, 2015, parties submitted a Joint Stipulation for Dismissal with prejudice 18 under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1). ECF No. 19. On August 21, 2015, this court granted that dismissal and ordered the case closed by Minute Order. ECF No. 21. Plaintiff Scott 20 Johnson now seeks for this court to enter judgment against defendant Jesus Hernandez for an 21 alleged violation of parties’ settlement agreement. ECF No. 22. But this court did not retain 22 jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the parties’ settlement agreement; in fact these settlement terms were not even incorporated into the dismissal order. In light of this, the present action does 24 not fall within this court’s limited subject matter jurisdiction. See Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S.…

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