Garrison
Garrison v. U. S. Department of Justice
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STEVE GARRISON, Case No. 23-cv-01834-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER STRIKING COMPLAINT IN
v. PART AND GRANTING MOTION FOR
VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Re: Dkt. Nos. 8-10 Defendant.
Plaintiff Steve Garrison (“Plaintiff”), a California prisoner proceeding without an attorney, filed this civil rights action against President Joe Biden, the United States Department of Justice, and Damian Williams. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff has filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss this case. (ECF No. 10.) A plaintiff has the absolute right to dismiss his or her action by filing a notice of dismissal "at any time before service by the adverse party of an answer or of a motion for summary judgment." Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(i). Said dismissal may be with or without prejudice, but unless plaintiff's notice of dismissal states otherwise, it is deemed to be "without prejudice." See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1). A plaintiff's "absolute right" to…