Fletcher

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ADRIAN R. OCHOA, No. 2:19-cv-01431 JAM DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SHERRI FLETCHER, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff, a state prisoner who was proceeding pro se with a civil rights action, has filed a letter with the court seeking to enforce the terms of a settlement agreement previously reached between the parties. (ECF No. 41.) This action was dismissed with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a) after the parties filed a joint stipulation for dismissal. (ECF No. 39.) The case was subsequently closed. (ECF No. 40.) The purported settlement agreement was not mentioned and the terms of that agreement were not included in the joint stipulation for dismissal. (See ECF No. 39.) Federal district courts “have no inherent power to enforce settlement agreements entered into by parties litigating before them.” K.C. ex rel. Erica C. v. Torlakson, 762 F.3d 963, 967 (9th Cir. 2014) (quoting Arata v. Nu…