1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 STEVEN DEON TURNER, JR., Case No. 1:20-cv-00864-BAM (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S

NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL

13 v. (ECF No. 9) 14 DAILO, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Steven Deon Turner, Jr. (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in 18 forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 19 On November 19, 2020, the Court screened Plaintiff’s complaint and granted Plaintiff 20 leave to file an amended complaint curing the deficiencies identified by the Court or to file a 21 notice of voluntary dismissal. (ECF No. 8.) On December 3, 2020, Plaintiff filed the instant 22 notice of voluntary dismissal. (ECF No. 9.) In his notice, Plaintiff requests that this case be 23 dismissed. (Id.) 24 “[U]nder Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i), a plaintiff has an absolute right to voluntarily dismiss his 25 action prior to service by the defendant of an answer or a motion for summary judgment.” 26 Commercial Space Mgmt. Co., Inc. v. Boeing Co., Inc., 193 F.3d 1074, 1077 (9th Cir. 1999) 27 (quotation and citation omitted). “[A] dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1) is effective on filing, no 28 court order is required, the parties are left as though no action had been brought, the defendant 1 can’t complain, and the district court lacks jurisdiction to do anything about it.” Id. at 1078. No 2 defendant has been served in this action and no defendant has filed an answer or motion for 3 summary judgment. 4 Accordingly, this action is terminated by operation of law without further order from the 5 Court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i). The Clerk of the Court is directed to terminate all pending 6 motions and deadlines, and close this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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8 Dated: December 7, 2020 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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