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Parties Involved:
Darrel Adams
Defendant
Salvador David Gerolaga
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SALVADOR DAVID GEROLAGA,

Plaintiff,

v.

DARREL ADAMS, 

Defendant.

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1:07-cv-00181-OWW-GSA-PC

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

VOLUNTARILY DISMISS ACTION

(Doc. 14)

ORDER DISMISSING CASE

ORDER FOR CLERK TO CLOSE FILE

 Salvador David Gerolaga (“plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma

pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On November 1, 2007,

plaintiff filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss his case.

“[U]nder Rule 41(a)(1)(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)). “[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. No defendant has filed an answer or other responsive

pleading.

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: November 5, 2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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