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N.D. Cal.Procedural orderFiled Sept. 13, 2019

Mehan v. FCA US LLC

Judge
Nathanael Cousins
Docket
5:19-cv-03404
Court
U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Mehan v. FCA US LLC, Judge Cousins dismissed the settled action with prejudice while retaining jurisdiction for 60 days.

Who this affects

Santokh Mehan and the other plaintiffs, and FCA US LLC. The action and all asserted claims were dismissed with prejudice; the case was administratively closed, scheduled dates were vacated, and the court retained jurisdiction for 60 days.

What happened

Mehan v. FCA US LLC was settled, and the court said no issue remained for it to decide.

The court dismissed the action and all claims with prejudice, administratively closed the case, vacated scheduled dates, and allowed a party to seek reopening within 60 days.

Judge Nathanael M. Cousins retained jurisdiction for 60 days after the September 13, 2019 order.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Mehan v. FCA US LLC · No. 5:19-cv-03404
Judge
Nathanael Cousins
Date
Sept. 13, 2019

Background

The court was notified that the action had settled. It stated that no issue remained for the court to decide.

Ruling

The court ordered that the action and all claims asserted in it be dismissed with prejudice, meaning they were dismissed in a way that bars their refiling. The clerk was directed to administratively close the case, and all scheduled dates were vacated.

The order allowed any party to move to reopen the case if the motion was filed within 60 days. The court also retained jurisdiction over the case for 60 days.

The authoritative version

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