Palacios

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JASON PALACIOS, Case No. 1:20-cv-01052-NONE-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IAN WALLACH

MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS LOCAL

v. COUNSEL AND DIRECTING CLERK OF

THE COURT TO ADJUST THE DOCKET

UNITED STATES, TO REFLECT VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL UNDER RULE 41(a) OF THE FEDERAL Defendant. RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

(ECF Nos. 30, 31)

17 Jason Palacios (“Plaintiff”), a federal prisoner, filed this action pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act alleging claims of negligence. (ECF No. 1.) On August 10, 2020, EJ Hurst filed a pro hac vice application which was granted on August 11, 2020. (ECF Nos. 10, 12.) On July 2, 2021, Ian Wallace filed a motion to withdraw as local counsel for Plaintiff. (ECF No. 30.) On July 6, 2021, a notice of voluntary dismissal was filed. (ECF No. 31.) “[U]nder Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i), ‘a plaintiff has an absolute right to voluntarily dismiss his action prior to service by the defendant…