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Larry Joe PRINCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Terry L. STEWART, Director, sued in his official & individual capacity; et al., Defendants-Appellees, Samuel Sublett; et al., Defendants.
MEMORANDUM **
Larry Joe Prince, an Arizona state prisoner housed in Illinois, appeals from the district court's order denying for lack of subject matter jurisdiction his post-judgment motion to enforce a settlement agreement. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Kelly v. Wengler, 822 F.3d 1085, 1094 (9th Cir. 2016). We affirm.
The district court properly denied Prince's motion to enforce the settlement agreement because the court had previously dismissed the action with prejudice and did not expressly retain jurisdiction or incorporate the terms of the settlement agreement in its order. See Hajro v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Servs., 811 F.3d 1086, 1099 (9th Cir. 2016) (“If a district court wishes to retain jurisdiction to later enforce the terms of a settlement agreement, the order dismissing a case with prejudice must incorporate the terms of the settlement agreement or expressly retain jurisdiction.”).
All pending motions are denied.
AFFIRMED.
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Docket No: No. 19-15618
Decided: January 27, 2021
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
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