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6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KASEY F. HOFFMANN, Case No.: 1:18-cv-00209-AWI-SKO

12 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK 13 v. OF COURT TO CLOSE CASE

14 L. PULIDO; C. SMITH, 15 Defendants. 16 17 On January 21, 2020, Plaintiff Kasey F. Hoffmann filed a notice of voluntary dismissal 18 pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a). (Doc. 29.) Rule 41(a) provides that a “plaintiff 19 may dismiss an action without a court order by filing … a notice of dismissal before the opposing 20 party serves either an answer or a motion for summary judgment.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i). 21 Once a dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1) is properly filed, no order of the court is necessary to 22 effectuate dismissal; the dismissal is effective automatically. Commercial Space Mgmt. Co. v. 23 Boeing Co.,

, 1078 (9th Cir. 1999). 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// 1 Because Plaintiff filed a notice of dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1), and no opposing party 2 has appeared in this case, this action has terminated. Accordingly, the Court DIRECTS the Clerk 3 of the Court to close this case. 4

5 IT IS SO ORDERED.

6 Sheila K. Oberto Dated: January 23, 2020 /s/ . 7 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28