Love
Love v. Jweinat
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAMUEL LOVE, Case No. 3:18-cv-01299-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S EX
v. PARTE APPLICATION FOR ENTRY
OF STIPULATED JUDGMENT
ELIAS JWEINAT, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 35 Defendants.
12 Plaintiff Samuel Love filed an ex parte application for entry of a judgment the parties stipulated to as part of the agreement that settled in this case. Dkt. No. 35. He asserts that the defendants have defaulted on payments under the settlement agreement and asks that I enter judgment in the amount of $13,513.74. I lack jurisdiction to grant the request. Although the parties decided among themselves that I would retain jurisdiction over their settlement and further agreed that the plaintiff would be able to file a stipulated judgment in the event of an uncured default, they never communicated that wish to me. Accordingly, the order dismissing the case is silent with respect to jurisdiction. Dkt. No. 33. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure…