Green v. CITY OF SAN JOSE
- Nathanael Cousins
- 5:22-cv-02174
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In K’ AUN GREEN v. CITY OF SAN JOSE, Judge Cousins dismissed the settled action with prejudice and retained jurisdiction for 60 days.
K’ AUN GREEN and the defendants, including the City of San Jose; the action and all claims were dismissed with prejudice, subject to the 60-day opportunity to seek reopening.
What happened
K’ AUN GREEN v. CITY OF SAN JOSE involved an action that the court was told had been settled. The opinion does not describe the claims or settlement terms.
Because no issue remained for the court to decide, the court dismissed the action and all claims with prejudice. It administratively closed the case, vacated scheduled dates, and allowed a party to ask to reopen it within 60 days.
Judge Nathanael M. Cousins ordered that the court would retain jurisdiction for 60 days.
The detailed version
- Green v. CITY OF SAN JOSE · No. 5:22-cv-02174
- Nathanael Cousins
- Dec. 19, 2025
Background
The court was notified that the parties had settled the action. The opinion does not state the claims, the settlement terms, or the parties’ positions.
Ruling
The court found that no issue remained for it to decide and ordered that the action and all claims asserted in it be dismissed with prejudice. The clerk was directed to administratively close the case, and all scheduled dates were vacated.
The order permits any party to move to reopen the case if the motion is filed within 60 days. The court retained jurisdiction for 60 days. The order is identified as a conditional dismissal and cites Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America, 511 U.S. 375, 381 (1994).
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