1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JONLYNN S. MONTGOMERY, No. 2:24-cv-01348-EFB (PC) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA,

15 Defendants. 16

17 Plaintiff filed this civil rights action on May 13, 2024. ECF No. 1. He requested that the 18 action be dismissed on June 7, 2024. ECF No. 4. Accordingly, the Clerk of Court filed a notice 19 of dismissal and closed the case. ECF No. 5. Plaintiff now asks the court to reopen the case. 20 ECF No. 6. 21 “A dismissal without prejudice terminates the action and concludes the rights of the 22 parties in that particular action.” United States v. California, 507 U.S. 756, 756 (1993) (internal 23 quotation marks omitted). Once a plaintiff files for voluntary dismissal, the case ends, leaving the 24 parties “as though no action had been brought.” United States v. 475 Martin Lane, 545 F.3d 25 1134, 1145 (9th Cir. 2008) (internal quotation marks omitted). The proper course for a plaintiff 26 who has voluntarily dismissed his case but later wishes to proceed on those claims is to file a new 27 complaint, opening a new case. Smith v. Shasta Cty., 2:20-cv-01837-KJM-DMC, 2021 U.S. Dist. 28 1 || LEXIS 70604, at *1-2 (E.D. Cal. Apr. 12, 2021). 2 Accordingly, plaintiff's motion to reopen the case (ECF No. 6) is DENIED. If plaintiff 3 || wishes to proceed on the claims he raised in this action, he must do so by initiating a new action. 4 | SO ORDERED. 5 6 | Dated: February 10, 2025 Slit Mma

EDMUND F. BRENNAN

7 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 8 9 10 1] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28