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Parties Involved:
Cory Adams
Petitioner
Brenda M. Cash
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CORY ADAMS, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

BRENDA M. CASH, 

Respondents. 

No. 2:13-cv-01712 AC P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding with assistance of counsel with a petition for writ 

of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Currently before the court is petitioner’s request 

to voluntarily dismiss the petition. ECF No. 13. Respondent has not been served and petitioner 

has consented to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge. ECF No. 7. 

Petitioner filed the instant petition on August 20, 2013. ECF No. 1. On September 10, 

2013, the court granted petitioner’s request to stay the proceedings to permit petitioner to exhaust 

ground one in state court. ECF No. 8. The court also required petitioner to notify the court 

within thirty days of the decision of the state Supreme Court regarding the then pending petition 

exhausting ground one. Id. at 3. Petitioner has now filed a request to voluntarily dismiss the 

case, indicating that petitioner has received the relief he was seeking in the Butte County Superior 

Court. ECF No. 13. 

Subject to other provisions of law, a petitioner may voluntarily dismiss an action without 

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leave of court before service by the adverse party of an answer or motion for summary judgment 

or upon stipulation of all parties who have appeared. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a). In all other instances, 

“an action may be dismissed at the plaintiff’s request only by court order, on terms that the court 

considers proper.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2). 

Here, respondent has not entered an appearance in the case, much less filed a responsive 

pleading. Accordingly, petitioner may voluntarily dismiss this petition without leave of court. 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a). Petitioner, through his legal counsel, has made such a request based on the 

fact that petitioner has received the relief he sought in the state court. Thus, the court will grant 

petitioner’s request for dismissal. 

Pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, this court must 

issue or deny a certificate of appealability when it enters a final order adverse to the applicant. A 

certificate of appealability may issue only “if the applicant has made a substantial showing of the 

denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). For the reasons set forth in these 

findings and recommendations, a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right has 

not been made in this case. Therefore, no certificate of appealability should issue. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to administratively re-open the case. 

2. Petitioner’s request to dismiss the petition (ECF No. 13) is granted. Fed. R. Civ. P. 

41(a); see also Rule 12, Rules Governing Habeas Corpus Cases Under Section 2254. The petition 

for writ of habeas is dismissed without prejudice. 

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to close the file. 

4. The court declines to issue a certificate of appealability. 

DATED: March 17, 2015 

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