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Parties Involved:
Pam Ahlin
Defendant
Gilbert Guzman
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GILBERT GUZMAN,

Plaintiff,

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PAM AHLIN,

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1:15-cv-00786-BAM (PC)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL 

(ECF No. 10) 

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT 

TO CLOSE CASE AND ADJUST DOCKET 

TO REFLECT VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL

Plaintiff Gilbert Guzman (“Plaintiff”) is a civil detainee proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis in this civil rights action. Plaintiff initiated this action on March 5, 2015, and the matter 

was transferred to this Court on May 22, 2015. (ECF Nos. 1, 7.) Plaintiff consented to the 

jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge. (ECF No. 6.) 

On July 2, 2015, Plaintiff filed a document entitled “Notice of Withdrawl [sic] of Civil 

Rights Complaint.” Plaintiff requests that this matter be “dismissed without prejudice.” (ECF 

No. 10, p. 1.) The Court construes the motion as one requesting voluntary dismissal of this 

action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a). 

“[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 

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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. 

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, if any, are terminated. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 9, 2015 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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