Opinion
Case No. CV-03-02233 RMW.
October 5, 2005
Alan J. Kessel, Suzanne M. Burke, Brandon Q. Tran, BUCHALTER, NEMER, FIELDS YOUNGER A Professional Corporation, Irvine, California, Attorneys for Plaintiff DIRECTV, INC.
PARR LAW GROUP, Shawn R. Parr, Attorneys for Defendant Casey Glenn.
STIPULATION FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF DEFENDANT CASEY GLENN AND REQUEST TO RETAIN JURISDICTION; ORDER THEREON
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff DIRECTV, Inc. ("DIRECTV") and Defendant CASEY GLENN ("Defendant"), 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. Each of said parties to bear its/his own costs and attorney's fees.
The terms of the Confidential Settlement Agreement dated May 9, 2005 ("Agreement") entered into between the Defendant and DIRECTV require the performance of certain obligations by Defendant that will not be completed until June 2007. If the Defendant does not timely or fully perform these obligations when due, DIRECTV is authorized to seek enforcement of those obligations in this Court. 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 those obligations of the Agreement, as defined therein. The parties therefore respectfully request that the Court retain such jurisdiction.
ORDER
HAVING READ AND CONSIDERED the forgoing Stipulation for Voluntary Dismissal of Defendant CASEY GLENN 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 CASEY GLENN is hereby dismissed from this action without prejudice;
(2) Each of said parties to bear its/his own costs and attorney's fees; and
(3) The Court shall retain jurisdiction over DIRECTV and Defendant CASEY GLENN to enforce the terms described above of the Settlement Agreement between those parties dated May 9, 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.