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Parties Involved:
ProCollect, Inc.
Defendant
Leticia J. Santiago
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LETICIA J. SANTIAGO,

Plaintiff,

v.

PROCOLLECT, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00232-AWI-SAB

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT 

TO CLOSE CASE AND ADJUST DOCKET 

TO REFLECT VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL 

(ECF No. 10)

This action was filed on February 13, 2020. (ECF No. 1.) On May 18, 2020, Plaintiff 

filed a notice of voluntary dismissal pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure. (ECF No. 10.) 

“[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) 

(quoting Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688, 692 (9th Cir. 1997)). The Ninth Circuit has 

held that Rule 41(a) allows a plaintiff to dismiss without a court order any defendant who has yet 

to serve an answer or motion for summary judgment. Pedrina v. Chun, 987 F.2d 608, 609 (9th 

Cir. 1993). “[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.” Commercial Space Mgmt. Co., Inc., 193 

F.3d at 1078. In this action, no defendant has filed an answer or other responsive pleading.

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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 pursuant to Rule 41(a).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 19, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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