(PC) Lipsey v. Seitz ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CHRISTOPHER LIPSEY, JR., Case No. 1:18-cv-00766-AWI-SKO (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF 13 v. THE COURT TO CLOSE CASE 14 B. SEITZ, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Christopher Lipsey, Jr., filed a notice of voluntary dismissal on September 30, 18 2020. (Doc. 60.) Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1), a “plaintiff may dismiss an 19 action without a court order by filing … a notice of dismissal before the opposing party serves 20 either an answer or a motion for summary judgment.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i). Once a 21 dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1) is properly filed, no order of the court is necessary to effectuate 22 dismissal; the dismissal is effective automatically. Commercial Space Mgmt. Co. v. Boeing Co., 23 193 F.3d 1074, 1078 (9th Cir. 1999). 24 /// 25 26 /// 27 /// 1 Because Plaintiff has filed a notice of dismissal, and no opposing party has filed an 2 answer or a motion for summary judgment, this action has terminated. Accordingly, the Court 3 DIRECTS the Clerk of the Court to close this case. 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 Sheila K. Oberto 6 Dated: October 9, 2020 /s/ . UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27