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Parties Involved:
Holland
Defendant
Jonathan W. Mundo
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JONATHAN W. MUNDO,

Plaintiff,

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HOLLAND,

 Defendant.

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1:16-cv-00491-BAM (PC)

ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S 

NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL

(ECF No. 7) 

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT 

TO CLOSE CASE AND ADJUST DOCKET 

TO REFLECT VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL 

Plaintiff Jonathan W. Mundo (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil 

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, filed this case on April 7, 2016. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff 

subsequently consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction. (ECF No. 5.)

On July 29, 2016, Plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal, notifying the Court that 

he is dismissing this action in its entirety pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a). 

(ECF No. 7.) “[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) 

(quotation and citation omitted). “[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. In 

this action, no defendant has been served and no defendant has filed an answer or motion for 

summary judgment. 

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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 without prejudice pursuant 

to Rule 41(a). All pending motions are terminated. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 1, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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