Hall

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SAM CONSIGLIO, Case No. 1:23-cv-00871-SAB (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING ACTION v. PURSUANT TO PLAIN’IFF'S NOTICE OF VOLUNARY DISMISSAL EVETTE HALL, et al., (ECF No. 6) Defendants.

15 Plaintiff is a civil detainee proceeding pro se in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Individuals detained pursuant to California Welfare and Institutions Code § 6600 et seq. are civil detainees and are not prisoners within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act. Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 1140 (9th Cir. 2000). On June 20, 2023, Plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal. (ECF No. 6.) “[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., 193 F.3d 1074, 1077 (9th Cir. 1999) 24 …