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12 Plaintiff,

13 v. ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COURT TO CLOSE CASE 14 E. GRIFFITH, et al.,

15 Defendants. 16 17 The parties have filed a stipulation of dismissal with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of 18 Civil Procedure 41(a)(1). (Doc. 40.) The rule provides that a “plaintiff may dismiss an action 19 without a court order by filing … a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who have 20 appeared.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). Once a dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1) is properly filed, 21 no order of the court is necessary to effectuate dismissal; the dismissal is effective automatically. 22 See Commercial Space Mgmt. Co. v. Boeing Co.,

, 1078 (9th Cir. 1999). 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 1 Because the parties have filed a stipulation of dismissal, signed by all parties or their 2 counsel of record, this case has ended. Accordingly, the Court DIRECTS the Clerk of the Court to 3 close this case. 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5

Sheila K. Oberto 6 Dated: February 10, 2021 /s/ . UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 7

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