Brooks v. Olsen et al

Filing 9

ORDER granting Plaintiff's 8 Motion to Drop his Claim; this case is dismissed without prejudice; the Clerk must enter judgment accordingly. Signed by Senior Judge Robert C Broomfield on 9/30/13.(REW)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

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Donimic T. Brooks,

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No. CV 13-841-PHX-RCB (BSB)
Plaintiff,

vs.

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M. Olsen, et al.,

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Defendants.

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On April 25, 2013, Plaintiff Donimic T. Brooks, who is confined in the

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Corrections Corporation of America’s Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona,

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filed a pro se civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In a May 6, 2013

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Order, the Court noted that Plaintiff had not paid the filing fee or filed an Application to

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Proceed In Forma Pauperis. The Court gave Plaintiff 30 days to pay the filing fee or file

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an Application to Proceed.

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On May 17, 2013, Plaintiff filed an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. In

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an August 28, 2013 Order, the Court granted the Application to Proceed and dismissed

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the Complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. The Court

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gave Plaintiff 30 days to file an amended complaint that cured the deficiencies identified

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in the Order.

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On September 19, 2013, Plaintiff filed a Motion to Drop his Claim (Doc. 8),

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seeking to “drop [his] claim/suit of the above case.” Under Rule 41(a) of the Federal

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Rules of Civil Procedure, a party may dismiss an action without an order of the court by

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filing a notice of dismissal at any time before service of an answer or a motion for

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summary judgment. The right to voluntarily dismiss an action under these circumstances

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is absolute. Commercial Space Mgmt. Co., Inc. v. Boeing Co., Inc., 193 F.3d 1074, 1077

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(9th Cir. 1999). The Court will therefore grant Plaintiff’s Motion to Drop his Claim.

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IT IS ORDERED:

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Plaintiff’s Motion to Drop his Claim (Doc. 8) is granted.

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This case is dismissed without prejudice. The Clerk of Court must enter

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judgment accordingly.
DATED this 30th day of September, 2013.

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