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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID CHARLES THATCHER,

Petitioner,

v.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA,

Respondents.

 /

CV F 05-0678 REC DLB HC

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S

REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARILY DISMISSAL

OF PETITION

[Doc. 10]

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

Petitioner filed the instant petition on May 17, 2005. On June 16, 2005, the Court issued

an order to show cause why the petition should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. More

specifically for failing to name a proper Respondent and potentially exhausting all the claims in

the state court. In response to the Court’s order, Petitioner filed motion to dismiss the petition,

without prejudice on July 11, 2005.

Subject to the provisions of law, a Petitioner may voluntarily dismiss an action without

leave of court before service by the adverse party of an answer or motion for summary judgment. 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a). Otherwise, an action shall not be dismissed except upon order of the court

and upon such terms and conditions as the court deems proper. Id. In this case, no answer has

been served or filed. 

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Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner’s motion for voluntarily dismissal

is GRANTED, the petition for writ of habeas corpus is DISMISSED, without prejudice, and the

Clerk of Court shall close this action as this order terminates the proceedings in its entirety.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 14, 2005 /s/ Robert E. Coyle 

668554 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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