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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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WO 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Donimic T. Brooks, 

Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

Correctional Corporation of America, et 

al., 

Defendants. 

No. CV 13-330-PHX-RCB (BSB) 

 O R D E R 

On February 14, 2013, Plaintiff Donimic T. Brooks, who is confined in the 

Corrections Corporation of America’s Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona, 

filed a pro se civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a Declaration in 

Support of Request to Proceed Without Paying Filing Fee (“First Application to 

Proceed”), a Memorandum in Support, and a Declaration In Lieu of Evidence. On 

February 28, 2013, he filed an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis by a Prisoner 

(“Second Application to Proceed”) and a Motion for Appointment of Counsel. 

In an April 25, 2013 Order, the Court denied the two deficient Applications to 

Proceed and gave Plaintiff 30 days to either pay the fee or file a complete Application to 

Proceed. On May 17, 2013, Plaintiff filed another Application to Proceed In Forma 

Pauperis. In a September 4, 2013 Order, the Court granted the May 17 Application to 

Proceed, dismissed the Complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be 

granted, and denied without prejudice the Motion for Appointment of Counsel. The 

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Court gave Plaintiff 30 days to file an amended complaint that cured the deficiencies 

identified in the Order. 

On September 19, 2013, Plaintiff filed a Motion to Drop his Claim (Doc. 13), 

seeking to “drop [his] claim/suit of the above case.” Under Rule 41(a) of the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure, a party may dismiss an action without an order of the court by 

filing a notice of dismissal at any time before service of an answer or a motion for 

summary judgment. The right to voluntarily dismiss an action under these circumstances 

is absolute. Commercial Space Mgmt. Co., Inc. v. Boeing Co., Inc., 193 F.3d 1074, 1077 

(9th Cir. 1999). The Court will therefore grant Plaintiff’s Motion to Drop his Claim. 

IT IS ORDERED:

 (1) Plaintiff’s Motion to Drop his Claim (Doc. 13) is granted. 

 (2) This case is dismissed without prejudice. The Clerk of Court must enter 

judgment accordingly. 

 DATED this 30th day of September, 2013. 

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