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Parties Involved:
Steven Paul Colver
Petitioner
Scott Frauenheim
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STEVEN PAUL COLVER, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

SCOTT FRAUENHEIM, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:14-cv-2554-JAM-EFB P 

ORDER 

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He has filed a notice of voluntary dismissal pursuant to Rule 41(a) 

of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. ECF No. 17; see also Rule 12, Rules Governing Section 

2254 Cases (to the extent they are not inconsistent with any statutory provisions or the Rules 

Governing Section 2254 Cases, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure may be applied to habeas 

proceedings). 

Subject to exceptions not applicable here, a petitioner may voluntarily dismiss an action 

without prejudice, and without a court order, by filing: 

(i) a notice of dismissal before the opposing party serves either an answer or a motion 

for summary judgment; or 

 (ii) a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who have appeared. 

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Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A). Before petitioner filed the notice of voluntary dismissal, respondent 

filed an answer to the petition. ECF No. 15. Therefore, this action cannot be dismissed pursuant 

to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i). However, respondent may choose to stipulate to dismissal without 

prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). Should respondent decline to stipulate as such, the 

court may dismiss this action based upon petitioner’s request, “on terms that the court considers 

proper.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2). 

 Accordingly, it is ORDERED that within 14 days of the date of this order, respondent 

shall either file and serve a document stipulating to dismissal of this action without prejudice 

pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii),1 or otherwise respond to petitioner’s motion to dismiss. 

DATED: May 27, 2015. 

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 In the event respondent so stipulates, the court will construe the parties’ filings as 

stipulation of dismissal for voluntary dismissal without prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). 

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