Directv, Inc. v. Gold

Full title: DIRECTV, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff, v. JEANNETTE GOLD…

Court: United States District Court, N.D. California, San Jose Division

Date published: Sep 12, 2005

Case No.: CV-05-0010 JW (N.D. Cal. Sep. 12, 2005)

Opinion

Case No.: CV-05-0010 JW.

September 12, 2005

Alan J. Kessel, Suzanne M. Burke Brandon Q. Tran, BUCHALTER NEMER A Professional Corporation, Irvine, California, Attorneys for Plaintiff DIRECTV, INC.

BUCHALTER NEMER, A Professional Corporation, Brandon Q. Tran, Attorneys for Plaintiff DIRECTV, Inc.

PARR LAW GROUP Shawn R. Parr Attorneys for Defendant JEANNETTE GOLD

STIPULATION FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF DEFENDANT JEANNETTE GOLD AND REQUEST TO RETAIN JURISDICTION; [ PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

JAMES WARE, District Court

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff DIRECTV, Inc. ("DIRECTV") and Defendant JEANNETTE GOLD, through their respective counsel of record, that the above-captioned action be and hereby is dismissed without prejudice, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(a)(1), as to Defendant JEANNETTE GOLD (Defendant). Each of said parties to bear its/her own costs and attorneys' fees.

The terms of the Confidential Settlement Agreement dated August 3, 2005 ("Agreement") entered into between Defendant and DIRECTV require installment payments from Defendant, the last of which is not due to be received until November 2006. If Defendant does not make the payments under the Agreement when due, DIRECTV is authorized to seek the entry of a Judgment in this action against Defendant pursuant to a Stipulation for Entry of Judgment (Stipulation) executed by the parties concurrently with the Agreement. The parties therefore have consented, and hereby further stipulate and consent to, the retention of jurisdiction over them by this Court and to reference to a Magistrate Judge in this District for the purpose of enforcing the payment terms of the Agreement, including entering a Judgment against Defendant pursuant to the Stipulation. The parties therefore respectfully request that the Court retain such jurisdiction.

ORDER

HAVING READ AND CONSIDERED the forgoing Stipulation for Voluntary Dismissal of Defendant JEANNETTE GOLD and Request to Retain Jurisdiction, and such other pleadings, documents and records deemed appropriate by the Court, and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

(1) Defendant JEANNETTE GOLD (Defendant) is hereby dismissed from this action without prejudice;

(2) Each of said parties to bear its/her own costs and attorneys' fees; and

(3) The Court shall retain jurisdiction over DIRECTV and Defendant to enforce the terms described above of the Settlement Agreement between those parties dated August 3, 2005 and hereby refers any further proceedings in this action to enforce such terms of the Settlement Agreement to a Magistrate Judge of this District.