Youngblood

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES BIERMAN, Case No. 1:21-cv-00060-BAK-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO CLOSE CASE

v. (ECF No. 12) DONNY YOUNGBLOOD, et al.,

Defendants.

16 Plaintiff Michael J. Velasquez, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil rights action under to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 28, 2022, Plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (See ECF No. 12.) Under Rule 41(a)(1), a “plaintiff may dismiss an action without a court order by filing . . . a notice of dismissal before the opposing party serves either an answer or a motion for summary judgment.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i); accord Pedrina v. Chun, 987 F.2d 608, 609 (9th Cir. 1993). Upon filing of the notice, the dismissal is effective automatically; no order of the court is necessary to effectuate dismissal. Comm. Space Mgmt. Co. v. Boeing Co., 193 F.3d 1074, 1078 26 …