Tafoya
Tafoya v. City of Hanford
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CHRISTOPHER TAFOYA, Case No. 1:20-cv-00010-LJO-SAB
Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF THE
COURT TO ASSIGN THIS ACTION TO A
v. DISTRICT JUDGE FOR PUPOSES OF
CLOSING THE CASE AND ADJUST
CITY OF HANFORD, et al., DOCKET TO REFLECT DISMISSAL UNDER FED. R. CIV. P. 41(a) Defendants. (ECF No. 8) 16 Plaintiff Christopher Tafoya, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 21, 2020, Plaintiff’s complaint was screened and it was found not to state a cognizable claim. Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint on February 13, 2020. Plaintiff’s first amended complaint was screened on March 6, 2020. The first amended complaint was found not to state a claim and Plaintiff was to file an amended complaint within thirty days. On March 30, 2020, Plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal pursuant to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. “[U]nder Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i), ‘a plaintiff has…