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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES BOWELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

CORCORAN STATE PRISON, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:13-cv-01704-LJO-MJS (PC)

VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF ACTION

(ECF NO. 13)

CLERK TO TERMINATE ALL PENDING 

MOTIONS AND CLOSE CASE

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. No other parties have appeared in 

the action. 

On February 27, 2014, the California Department of Corrections filed in this action 

a stipulation to dismiss with prejudice an unrelated case involving Plaintiff, Bowell v. 

Diaz, No. 11-cv-1350-AWI-MJS. (ECF No. 13.) The stipulation was signed by Plaintiff 

and by counsel for the defendants in Diaz, who are not Defendants in this action.

Nonetheless, the stipulation “incorporated” this action. 

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(i), 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. The February 27, 2015 

stipulation is sufficient under Rule 41.

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Accordingly, this action is HEREBY DISMISSED with prejudice. The Clerk shall

terminate all pending motions and CLOSE this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 3, 2015 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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