Hicks v. Felder, et al.

Filing 10

ORDER Regarding Plaintiff's 9 Motion to Withdraw Petition; ORDER DIRECTING Clerk of Court to Close Case and Adjust Docket to Reflect Voluntary Dismissal, signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 10/30/17. CASE CLOSED (Martin-Gill, S)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MICHAEL HICKS, 12 13 14 15 Plaintiff, v. Case No.: 1:17-cv-01167-AWI-BAM (PC) ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO WITHDRAW PETITION (ECF No. 9) M. FELDER, et al., Defendants/ ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE CASE AND ADJUST DOCKET TO REFLECT VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Plaintiff Michael Hicks is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983. On October 25, 2017, Plaintiff filed a motion to dismiss this action, without prejudice. (ECF No. 9.) The Court construes this filing as a notice of voluntary dismissal. “[U]nder Rule 41(a)(1)(i), a plaintiff has an absolute right to voluntarily dismiss his action 23 prior to service by the defendant of an answer or a motion for summary judgment.” Commercial 24 Space Mgmt. Co., Inc. v. Boeing Co., Inc., 193 F.3d 1074, 1077 (9th Cir. 1999) (quotation and 25 citation omitted). “[A] dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1) is effective on filing, no court order is 26 required, the parties are left as though no action had been brought, the defendant can’t complain, 27 and the district court lacks jurisdiction to do anything about it.” Id. at 1078. No defendant has 28 been served in this action and no defendant has filed an answer or motion for summary judgment. 1 Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is HEREBY DIRECTED to CLOSE the file in this 2 case and adjust the docket to reflect voluntary dismissal of this action without prejudice under 3 Rule 41(a). All pending motions, referrals, and deadlines, if any, are terminated. 4 5 6 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: /s/ Barbara October 30, 2017 A. McAuliffe _ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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