Barboza, Jr. v. Mason

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL A. BARBOZA, JR., No. 1:21-cv-01426-JLT-SKO Plaintiff, v. ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF

COURT TO CLOSE CASE.

J. MASON and COUNTY OF MERCED, (Doc. 31) Defendants. 16 17 On July 7, 2022, Defendants filed the parties’ stipulation notifying the Court that this action is dismissed with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a). (Doc. 31.) 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, by filing a written stipulation to dismiss signed by all of the parties who have appeared, although an oral stipulation in open court…