Griffith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JONATHAN PATELLA, Case No. 1:19-cv-00713-DAD-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF

THE COURT TO CLOSE CASE

E. GRIFFITH, et al.,

Defendants. 16 The parties have filed a stipulation of dismissal with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1). (Doc. 40.) The rule 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.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). Once a dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1) is properly filed, no order of the court is necessary to effectuate dismissal; the dismissal is effective automatically. See Commercial Space Mgmt. Co. v. Boeing Co., 193 F.3d 1074, 1078 (9th Cir. 1999). /// /// /// /// /// Because the parties have filed a stipulation of dismissal, signed by all parties or their counsel of record, this case has ended. Accordingly, the Court DIRECTS the Clerk of the…