Barron v. United States ( 2024 )

1 JUAnSitOedN S FtaRteIsE ARtStOorNne y 2 District of Nevada Nevada Bar No. 7709 3 R. THOMAS COLONNA 4 Assistant United States Attorney 501 Las Vegas Blvd. So., Suite 1100 5 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 (702) 388-6336 6 Email: richard.colonna@usdoj.gov 7 Attorneys for the United States 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 10 BRIDGET BARRON; individually; Case No. 2:24-cv-00142-CDS-DJA TIFFANY DAVIS, individually, 11 Stipulation to Dismiss Certain Plaintiffs Defendants and to Update Case 12 Caption and Docket Sheet v. 13 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; 14 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, a federal agency; LOUIS DeJOY 15 Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service; HEATHER SCANLON, 16 a USPS employee; DOES 1-10, inclusive; ROE CORPORATIONS 1-10, inclusive, 17 Defendants 18 19 Plaintiffs Bridget Barron and Tiffany Davis, and Defendant United States of 20 America, hereby stipulate to dismiss with prejudice and remove from the case caption 21 Defendants United States Postal Service, Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General of the United 22 States Postal Service, and Heather Scanlon. 23 The basis for dismissing these parties and removing them from the caption is that 24 the exclusive remedy for the negligent or wrongful act or omission of an employee of the 25 United States acting in the scope of office or employment under the Federal Tort Claims 26 Act is an action against the United States. See 28 U.S. Code § 2679. The United States is 27 properly named as a defendant in this matter. Based on the parties’ meet-and-confer efforts, 28 the parties reached the following stipulations: 1 1. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(2), the parties respectfully 2 || request that defendants United States Postal Service, Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General of 3 || the United States Postal Service and Heather Scanlon be dismissed with prejudice and the 4 || caption be amended to reflect said dismissal. 5 2. That the docket sheet be updated accordingly. 6 Respectfully submitted this 12th day of April 2024. 7 JASON M. FRIERSON 3 United States Attorney /s/Kirk T. Kennedy /s/ R. Thomas Colonna KIRK T. KENNEDY, ESQ. R. THOMAS COLONNA 10 |) Nevada Bar No: 5032 Assistant United States Attorney 815 S. Casino Center Blvd. 501 Las Vegas Blvd. So., Suite1100 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 D Attorney for Plaintiffs 13 Based on the parties’ stipulation, the court construes this request as a voluntary 141) dismissal. “The plaintiff may dismiss some or all of the defendants, or some or all of his claims, 15 || through a Rule 41(a)(1) notice,” and the dismissal “automatically terminates the action as to the defendants who are the subjects of the notice.” Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688, 692 (9th 16 || Cir. 1997). Because the parties have filed a stipulation to dismiss certain defendants, the United States Postal Service, Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service, and Heather Scanlon are dismissed with prejudice. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). The Clerk of 1g || Court is kindly instructed to terminate those defendants. } 19 / 30 (Le UNITED S$ S DISTRICT JUDGE 21 DATED;,/ / April 15, 2024 22 23 24 25 26 27 28