Hellenic Petroleum LLC v. Mansfield Oil Company of Gainsville, Inc. ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 HELLENIC PETROLEUM LLC, No. 1:19-cv-01071-DAD-SKO 9 Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, 10 v. ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE THE CASE 11 MANSFIELD OIL COMPANY OF GAINESVILLE, INC., et al., (Doc. 30) 12 Defendants/Counterclaimants. 13 14 15 On July 15, 2020, the parties filed a joint stipulation dismissing the action without 16 prejudice.1 (Doc. 30.) In light of the parties’ stipulation, this action has been terminated, see Fed. 17 R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii); Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997), and has 18 been dismissed without prejudice. Accordingly, the Clerk of Court is directed to close this case. 19 20 IT IS SO ORDERED. 21 Sheila K. Oberto Dated: July 16, 2020 /s/ . 22 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 23 24 25 1 The parties also requested that the Court “retain jurisdiction to reopen the case, set aside the dismissal, and enter a Final Judgment in the event of a default under the terms of the Parties’ Settlement.” (See Doc. 30 at 2.) The Court in 26 its discretion declines the parties’ request. See Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America, 511 U.S. 375, 381 (1994); Camacho v. City of San Luis, 359 F. App’x 794, 798 (9th Cir. 2009); California Sportfishing Prot. All. v. Agric. 27 Mgmt. & Prod. Co., Inc., No. 2:14-cv-02328-KJM-AC, 2016 WL 4796841, at *1 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 14, 2016) (noting that “the court in its discretion typically declines to maintain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the parties’ settlement 28 agreement.”).