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Parties Involved:
Malachi Prince Antonio Adkins
Plaintiff
Fuentes
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MALACHI PRINCE ANTONIO ADKINS,

Plaintiff,

v.

FUENTES,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-cv-01422 DLB PC

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

TO DISMISS COMPLAINT

ORDER VACATING ORDER GRANTING IN 

FORMA PAUPERIS STATUS AND 

DIRECTING PAYMENT OF INMATE 

FILING FEE BY CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Plaintiff filed this action on September 21, 2015. On September 29, 2015, the Court granted 

Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis and directed the California Department of 

Corrections to send the Clerk of Court payments from Plaintiff’s account toward the filing fee in this 

action. 

On October 7, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion to dismiss the complaint and vacate the order 

granting his application to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff states he misunderstood what he had 

applied for and what he expected to be granted in filing an application to proceed in forma pauperis.

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(i), at this stage in the proceedings, Plaintiff has 

the absolute right to dismiss his claims without prejudice. Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, 

L.L.C. v. Davis, 267 F.3d 1042, 1049 (9th Cir. 2001). Filing a notice of dismissal with the court 

automatically terminates the action, and the Court no longer has jurisdiction over the claims. Id.; 

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Concha v. London, 62 F.3d 1493, 1506 (9th Cir. 1995). 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1) The Clerk of the Court is HEREBY DIRECTED to close this file pursuant to 

Plaintiff’s notice of voluntary dismissal filed on October 7, 2015;

2) The order directing the Director of the California Department of Corrections or his 

designee to collect payments from Plaintiff's prison trust account toward the filing fee in this action 

is VACATED;

3) The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to serve a copy of this order on the Director of 

the California Department of Corrections, via the Court's electronic case filing system (CM/ECF); 

and

4) The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to serve a copy of this order on the Financial 

Department, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Fresno Division.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 27, 2015 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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