Merlak

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL S. IOANE, 1:19-cv-01585-DAD-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER RE PLAINTIFF’S NOTICE

OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL

vs. UNDER RULE 41, WITHOUT

PREJUDICE TO REFILING IN

STATE COURT STEVEN MERLAK, et al., (ECF No. 20.) 15 Defendants.

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO

CLOSE FILE

17 18 Michael S. Ioane (“Plaintiff”) is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to Bivens vs. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action on November 6, 2019. (ECF No. 1.) On April 7, 2021, Plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal of this case under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1), without prejudice to refiling the case in state court. (ECF No. 20.) Plaintiff has a right to voluntarily dismiss this case under Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. In Wilson v. City of San Jose, the Ninth Circuit explained:

Under Rule…