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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331(a) Fed. Question: Real Property

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Case No. 16-CV-05418-LHK 

ORDER GRANTING VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SIDNEY THEODORE SCARLETT,

Plaintiff,

v.

THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-CV-05418-LHK 

ORDER GRANTING VOLUNTARY 

DISMISSAL

Plaintiff has filed a notice of voluntary dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure (“Rule”) 41(a)(1)(A)(i). Defendant has not filed an answer or a motion for summary 

judgment, and therefore Plaintiff’s Rule 41(a) motion is proper.

A notice of voluntary dismissal pursuant to Rule 41(a) deprives the Court of jurisdiction 

over the action. See Commercial Space Management Co. Inc. v. Boeing Co., Inc., 193 F.3d 1074, 

1075 (9th Cir.1999) (“[O]nce a notice of voluntary dismissal is filed, the district court in which the 

action is pending loses jurisdiction.”); American Soccer Co. Inc., v. Score First Enterprises, 187 

F.3d 1108,1109 (9th Cir.1999) (“Such a dismissal leaves the parties as though no action had been 

brought.”). Therefore, the Court lacks jurisdiction to decide any motions pending in the case, 

including Defendants’ pending motion to declare Plaintiff a vexatious litigant. ECF No. 11.

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Case No. 16-CV-05418-LHK 

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The Court therefore DISMISSES the instant action without prejudice. The Clerk shall 

close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 23, 2016

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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