Cook

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LINUS EKENE, Case No. 2:22-cv-01443-DJC-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER v. DISREGARDING PLAINTIFF’S FILING R. COOK, et al., ECF Nos. 32 & 33 Defendants. 16 On August 28, 2023, the Clerk of Court closed this case pursuant to the parties’ stipulated notice of voluntary dismissal. ECF No. 30. Plaintiff has since filed a motion to enforce a settlement agreement, ECF No. 32, and a request for court action on that motion, ECF No. 33. By way of these motions, plaintiff asks the court to enforce a settlement agreement that the parties reached independent of the court. Since the parties settled this action without the court, the court lacks jurisdiction over the agreement.2 23 1 Plaintiff attached to his motion the settlement agreement, which states that “CDCR will make a good-faith effort to pay the settlement amount. . . within 180 days from the date Plaintiff delivers to Defendants a signed settlement agreement,…