Opinion
2:19-CV-2375-JAM-DMC-P
08-30-2021
BERNARD GLEN TAYLOR, Plaintiff, v. S. PALAGUMMI, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
DENNIS M. COTA, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed a “motion” asking that Defendant Malakkla be dismissed. See ECF No. 18. Plaintiffs motion is construed as a notice of voluntary dismissal of Defendant Malakkla. Because no answer or motion for summary judgment has been filed, leave of court is not required and Defendant Malakkla is dismissed on Plaintiffs notice. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i). The Clerk of the Court is directed to terminate ECF No. 18 as a pending motion. By separate order, the Court will direct service of the action in Defendants Palagummi and Sonza.
IT IS SO ORDERED.