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Case 2:22-cv-03608-SVW-E Document Filed 10/24/ Page 1 of Page ID #:104

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2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TIMOTHY D. WILKINS, ) NO. CV 22-3608-SVW(E) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ORDER RE VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL ) HOLCOLM, ET AL., ) ) ) Defendants. ) ) 17 On October 17, 2022, Plaintiff filed a “Voluntary Dismissal, etc.,” requesting dismissal of the action without prejudice. The Court construes this filing as a notice of voluntary dismissal pursuant to Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 41(a) permits a plaintiff to dismiss an action voluntarily, without court order, by filing a notice of dismissal at any time before service by an adverse party of an answer or a motion for summary judgment. No defendant has filed any answer or motion for summary judgment in this action. Therefore, under Rule 41(a)(1), the action is deemed dismissed by operation of law. See…