(PC) McDade v. Prado Perez ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CARLTON L. McDADE, Case No.: 1:23-cv-00157 CDB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER RE VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL 13 v. (Doc. 15) 14 J. PRADO PEREZ, et al., ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF THE 15 Defendants. COURT TO CLOSE CASE 16 17 18 Plaintiff Carlton L McDade filed a notice of voluntary dismissal on October 19, 2023. 19 (Doc. 15.) Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1), a “plaintiff may dismiss an 20 action without a court order by filing … a notice of dismissal before the opposing party serves 21 either an answer or a motion for summary judgment.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i). Once a 22 dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1) is properly filed, no order of the court is necessary to effectuate 23 dismissal; the dismissal is effective automatically. Commercial Space Mgmt. Co. v. Boeing Co., 24 193 F.3d 1074, 1078 (9th Cir. 1999). 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 terminate all pending motions and to close this case. 4 | IT IS SO ORDERED. ° Dated: _ October 20, 2023 | hr 6 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 28