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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

DAMIEN DWAYNE OLIVE,

Plaintiff,

v.

S. LOPEZ, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:16-cv-00427-AWI-MJS (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO CLOSE 

CASE IN LIGHT OF VOLUNTARY 

DISMISSAL AND ORDER DECLINING TO 

ADOPT FINDINGS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS 

 (Doc. Nos. 11, 13)

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. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff has declined 

Magistrate Judge jurisdiction. (ECF No. 5.) No other parties have appeared. On October 

3, 2016, Plaintiff filed a motion seeking to voluntarily dismiss his case. (ECF No. 13.) The 

Court construes this motion as a notice of voluntary dismissal. 

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. Plaintiff’s October 3, 2016

notice is sufficient under Rule 41.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk shall CLOSE this case in light of Plaintiff’s Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i) notice of 

voluntary dismissal without prejudice; and

2. The Court declines to adopt the Findings and Recommendation issued on July 

28, 2016, as those Findings are now moot.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 12, 2016 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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