Williams v. County of Santa Clara, Department of Corrections et al

Filing 8

ORDER OF DISMISSAL. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on 7/20/12. (jjoS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/20/2012)

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1 2 3 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) SANTA CLARA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et ) ) al., ) ) Defendants. __________________________________ ) JOHN R. WILLIAMS, 8 9 10 11 12 13 No. C 12-2862 JSW (PR) ORDER OF DISMISSAL (Docket No. 2, 3) 14 Plaintiff, a county jail inmate, filed this pro se civil rights complaint under 42 15 U.S.C. § 1983. He has voluntarily requested dismissal of the case. A plaintiff has the 16 absolute right to dismiss his or her action by filing a notice of dismissal "at any time 17 before service by the adverse party of an answer or of a motion for summary judgment." 18 Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1). The complaint has not been served or answered. Accordingly, 19 Plaintiff’s request for voluntary dismissal is GRANTED and this case is DISMISSED. 20 The Clerk shall close the file and enter judgment. 21 IT IS SO ORDERED. 22 DATED: July 20, 2012 23 24 25 26 27 28 JEFFREY S. WHITE United States District Judge 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 FOR THE 3 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 5 JOHN RAYMOND WILLIAMS, Case Number: CV12-02862 JSW 6 Plaintiff, CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 7 v. 8 COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA et al, 9 Defendant. 10 11 12 13 14 / I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. That on July 20, 2012, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 John R. Williams BWK634/12005120 701 S. Able Street Milpitas, CA 95035 Dated: July 20, 2012 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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