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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

ROBERT DEWAYNE BOSLEY,

Plaintiff,

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CDCR,

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1:15-cv-01458-SAB (PC)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL 

(ECF No. 8) 

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT 

TO CLOSE CASE AND ADJUST DOCKET 

TO REFLECT VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL

Plaintiff Robert Dewayne Bosley is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis in this civil rights action. Plaintiff initiated this action on September 25, 2015. (ECF 

No. 1.) On October 23, 2015, Plaintiff consented to the jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate 

Judge. (ECF No. 5.) 

On January 20, 2016, an order was entered, dismissing the complaint in this action for 

failure to state a claim and granting Plaintiff leave to file an amended complaint. (ECF No. 6.) 

Plaintiff failed to file an amended complaint, and on March 4, 2016, an order to show cause was 

entered, directing Plaintiff to show cause why this action should not be dismissed for failure to 

state a claim upon which relief could be granted and failure to obey a court order. (ECF No. 7.) 

On March 23, 2016, Plaintiff filed a response to the order to show cause. (ECF No. 8.) In his 

response, Plaintiff seeks dismissal of this action without prejudice. (ECF No. 8 at 2:5.) The 

Court construes the motion as one requesting voluntary dismissal of this action pursuant to 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a). 

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“[U]nder Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i), 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.”

Commercial Space Mgmt. Co., Inc. v. Boeing Co., Inc., 193 F.3d 1074, 1077 (9th Cir. 1999) 

(quotation and citation omitted). “[A] dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1) is effective on filing, no 

court order is required, the parties are left as though no action had been brought, the defendant 

can’t complain, and the district court lacks jurisdiction to do anything about it.” Id. at 1078. In 

this action, no defendant has been served and no defendant has filed an answer or motion for 

summary judgment. 

Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is HEREBY ORDERED to CLOSE the file in this 

case and adjust the docket to reflect voluntary dismissal of this action without prejudice pursuant 

to Rule 41(a). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 18, 2016 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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