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N.D. Cal.Procedural orderFiled Dec. 2, 2020

Castillo v. San Jose Unified School District

Judge
Nathanael Cousins
Docket
5:19-cv-02410
Court
U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Castillo v. San Jose Unified School District, Judge Cousins dismissed the settled case with prejudice and closed it administratively.

Who this affects

Hector Castillo and the other plaintiffs, San Jose Unified School District and the other defendants, and all claims asserted in the action.

What happened

In Castillo v. San Jose Unified School District, the court was notified that the parties had settled the action and that no issue remained for the court to decide.

The court dismissed the action and all claims with prejudice, directed the clerk to close the case administratively, and vacated all scheduled dates. Any party could seek to reopen the case within 60 days.

Judge Nathanael Cousins ordered that the court would retain jurisdiction for 60 days.

The detailed version

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

Case
Castillo v. San Jose Unified School District · No. 5:19-cv-02410
Judge
Nathanael Cousins
Date
Dec. 2, 2020

Background The court stated that it had been notified that the action had settled and that no issue remained for the court's determination.

Ruling The court ordered that the action and all claims asserted in it were dismissed with prejudice. It directed the clerk to administratively close the case and vacated all scheduled dates. 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.

Effect The order ended the action based on the reported settlement and barred refiling the dismissed claims in this case. The opinion does not describe the claims, the settlement's terms, or the parties' positions on the underlying dispute.

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