Tafoya

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTOPHER TAFOYA, Case No. 1:20-cv-01707-NONE-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO CLOSE CASE AND ADJUST DOCKET

v. TO REFLECT VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL

CITY OF HANFORD, (ECF No. 3)

Defendant.

16 Christopher Tafoya (“Plaintiff”) is appearing pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On November 23, 2020, Plaintiff filed a complaint in this action. However, Plaintiff did not file an application to proceed in forma pauperis nor did he pay the filing fee. On December 8, 2020, the Court ordered Plaintiff to either pay the filing fee or file an application demonstrating that he is entitled to proceed in this action without prepayment of the filing fee. (ECF No. 2.) On December 21, 2020, Plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (ECF No. 3.) “[U]nder Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i), ‘a plaintiff has an absolute right to voluntarily dismiss his 25 …