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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLES SMALL,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 09 CV 913 JM (POR)

ORDER GRANTING

VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF

DEFENDANT DUMANIS;

DENYING DEFENDANT

DUMANIS’S MOTION TO

DISMISS AS MOOT

Doc. Nos. 12, 7

vs.

MATTHEW MARTEL, as an individual, and

as the warden from the California

Rehabilitation Center; GUILLERMINA

HALL MURRAY, as an individual, and as

the warden from the California Rehabilitation

Center; SHERIFF WILLIAM KOLENDER,

as an individual and on behalf of THE

GEORGE BAILEY DETENTION

FACILITY; BONNIE DUMANIS, as an

individual, and DOES 1-50,

Defendants.

Pending before the court is Plaintiff’s request for voluntary dismissal of Defendant Dumanis

without prejudice. (Doc. No. 12). 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). Defendant Dumanis has filed a motion to dismiss, but has

not filed either an answer or a motion for summary judgment. Accordingly, the action against

Defendant Dumanis is hereby DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. 

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Furthermore, Defendant Dumanis’s motion to dismiss (Doc. No. 7) is hereby DENIED as

moot. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 19, 2009

 Hon. Jeffrey T. Miller

 United States District Judge

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