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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Insurance Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THOMAS E. CAMPAGNE, an individual,

Plaintiff,

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BC LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE

COMPANY, a corporation, and DOES 1

through 10, inclusive,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:06-cv-00655-AWI-DLB

ORDER

Complaint Filed: April 19, 2006

On or about August 4, 2006, Plaintiff Thomas E. Campagne filed a Notice of

Voluntary Dismissal pursuant to FRCP 41(a)(1). 

In Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688 (9th Cir. 1997), the Ninth Circuit

explained that under Rule 41(a)(1), 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.

Wilson, 111 F.3d at 692; Concha v. London, 62 F.3d 1493, 1506 (9th Cir. 1995) (citing Hamilton

v. Shearson-Lehman American Express, 813 F.2d 1532, 1534 (9th Cir. 1987)). A plaintiff may

dismiss his action so long as the plaintiff files a notice of dismissal prior to the defendant’s service

of an answer or motion for summary judgment. Wilson, 111 F.3d at 692. The filing of a notice of

voluntary dismissal with the court automatically terminates the action as to the defendants who are

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the subjects of the notice. Concha, 62 F.2d at 1506. Unless otherwise stated, the dismissal is

ordinarily without prejudice to the plaintiff's right to commence another action for the same cause

against the same defendants. Wilson, 111 F.3d at 692. Such a dismissal leaves the parties as though

no action had been brought. Id.

No answers to Plaintiffs’s complaint and no motions for summary judgment have

been filed in this case, and it appears that no such answers or summary judgment motions have been

served. Because Plaintiff has exercised his right to voluntarily dismiss his complaint without

prejudice under Rule 41(a)(1), this case has terminated

Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk is ordered to close this case in

light of Plaintiffs’s Rule 41(a)(1) Voluntary Dismissal without prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 24, 2006 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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