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Parties Involved:
Fletcher
Defendant
Patterson
Defendant
Nathan Webster
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NATHAN WEBSTER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

FLETCHER, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:24-cv-1479 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a former county inmate who filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983 without a lawyer. On November 19, 2024, the court screened the complaint and found 

that plaintiff adequately stated an excessive force claim against defendant Patterson while his 

claims against defendant Fletcher were insufficient. ECF No. 10. Plaintiff was given the option 

of amending the complaint or proceeding immediately on his cognizable claims against defendant 

Patterson. Id. at 3. He was further advised that if he failed to notify the court how he wanted to 

proceed, the court would assume that he was choosing to proceed on the complaint as screened 

and recommend dismissal without prejudice of defendant Fletcher. Id. On January 2, 2025, after 

the time for plaintiff to notify the court how he wished to proceed had passed and after the court 

had issued findings and recommendations recommending dismissal of the claims against 

defendant Fletcher for the reasons stated in the screening order, ECF No. 12, the court received 

plaintiff’s Notice of Election, notifying the court that plaintiff would like to proceed immediately 

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on his excessive force claims against defendant Patterson without amending the complaint, and 

voluntarily dismiss without prejudice his claims against defendant Fletcher. ECF No. 13. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The Findings and Recommendations at ECF No. 12 are withdrawn. 

2. The Clerk of the Court shall construe plaintiff’s Notice of Election (ECF No. 13) as a 

VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL of defendant Fletcher pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 

41(a)(1)(A)(i) and update the docket accordingly. 

DATED: January 8, 2025 

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