JOINT STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL [PROPOSED] ORDER

EDWARD M. CHEN, District Judge.

TO THE COURT, PLAINTIFF, AND HIS ATTORNEY OF RECORD:

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 41(a)(1)(A), Plaintiff Steven Dransfield ("Plaintiff) and Defendant Ross Stores, Inc. ("Defendant" or "Ross") (individually "Party," and collectively "Parties"), both hereby stipulate (Defendant through their undersigned counsel, and Plaintiff pro se) as follows:

WHEREAS, Plaintiff initially filed a complaint before this Court on August 15, 2016;

WHEREAS, after filing of the complaint, the Parties agreed to submit this matter to mediation and arbitration, pursuant to a Dispute Resolution Agreement ("DRA") between them;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Parties' agreement, the Court stayed the instant proceedings, ordered the matter to resolution through the Parties' DRA;

WHEREAS, the Parties participated in a private mediation session with Jeffrey A. Ross on February 9, 2017; and

WHEREAS, the Parties have reached a settlement of the above-captioned action in its entirety and have come to terms on a written settlement agreement February 9, 2017 resulting in a dismissal of the above-captioned action with prejudice;

NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the Parties, through their undersigned counsel, that the above-captioned action shall be dismissed in its entirety with prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii).

[PROPOSED] ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that pursuant to the Parties' Stipulation that this entire action is hereby dismissed as to all parties with prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii).

IT IS SO ORDERED.