Pilkarton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HOWELL KAREEM, ) Case No.: 1:22-cv-00046-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO v. ) TERMINATE THIS ACTION PURSUANT TO

PLAINTIFF’S NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY

PILKARTON, et al., ) DISMISSAL ) Defendants. ) (ECF No. 5) ) )

Plaintiff Howell Kareem is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The instant action was filed on January 11, 2022. On January 13, 2022, the Court directed Plaintiff to either submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the $402.00 filing fee. (ECF No. 4.) On January 26, 2022, Plaintiff filed a notice to voluntarily dismiss this action. (ECF No. 5.) “[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 of an answer or a motion for summary judgment.’ ” Commercial Space Mgmt. Co., Inc. v. Boeing Co., Inc.,…