Seitz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER LIPSEY, JR., Case No. 1:18-cv-00766-AWI-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF

v. THE COURT TO CLOSE CASE

B. SEITZ, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Christopher Lipsey, Jr., filed a notice of voluntary dismissal on September 30, 2020. (Doc. 60.) Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1), a “plaintiff may dismiss an action without a court order by filing … a notice of dismissal before the opposing party serves either an answer or a motion for summary judgment.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i). Once a dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1) is properly filed, no order of the court is necessary to effectuate dismissal; the dismissal is effective automatically. Commercial Space Mgmt. Co. v. Boeing Co., 193 F.3d 1074, 1078 (9th Cir. 1999). 24 /// 25 /// 27 /// Because Plaintiff has filed a notice of dismissal, and no opposing party has filed an answer or a motion for summary judgment, this action has…