Drummer v. Morales

Full title: RANDY DEMOND DRUMMER, Petitioner, v. WARDEN JOSE MORALES, Respondent.

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA STATESBORO DIVISION

Date published: Mar 7, 2017

CIVIL ACTION NO.: 6:16-cv-123 (S.D. Ga. Mar. 7, 2017)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO.: 6:16-cv-123

03-07-2017

RANDY DEMOND DRUMMER, Petitioner, v. WARDEN JOSE MORALES, Respondent.

HONORABLE J. RANDAL HALL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

ORDER

Presently before the Court is Petitioner Randy Drummer's ("Drummer") Motion to Dismiss without Prejudice. (Doc. 14.) Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2), "an action may be dismissed at the [petitioner's] request only by court order, on terms that the court considers proper. Unless the order states otherwise, a dismissal under this paragraph . . . is without prejudice." Rule 41 applies to Section 2254 proceedings. Clark v. Tansey, 13 F.3d 1407, 1413 (10th Cir. 1993); Kramer v. Butler, 845 F.2d 1291, 1294 (5th Cir. 1988); Lowry v. Crews, No. 3:12CV525/LC/CJK, 2013 WL 1092465, at *1 (N.D. Fla. Feb. 12, 2013), report and recommendation adopted, No. 3:12CV525/LAC/CJK, 2013 WL 1092242 (N.D. Fla. Mar. 15, 2013).

Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Drummer's Motion and DISMISSES this case WITHOUT PREJUDICE. The Court DIRECTS the Clerk of Court to enter an appropriate Judgment of Dismissal and to CLOSE this case.

SO ORDERED, this 7^th day of March, 2017.

/s/_________

HONORABLE J. RANDAL HALL

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA