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N.D. Cal.Procedural orderFiled June 28, 2024

Preetorius v. Dulgov

Judge
Martinez-Olguin
Docket
3:24-cv-00366
Court
U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Preetorius v. Dulgov, Judge Martinez-Olguin granted Preetorius’s voluntary-dismissal request and dismissed the petition without prejudice.

Who this affects

Regina Marie Preetorius’s petition was dismissed without prejudice at her request; A. Dulgov was the respondent.

What happened

In Preetorius v. Dulgov, Regina Marie Preetorius asked to end her case because she no longer lived in the court’s jurisdiction.

The court granted her request and dismissed the petition without prejudice, meaning the dismissal did not bar refiling. The clerk was directed to close the file.

Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin issued the order on June 28, 2024, and did not decide the petition’s underlying issues.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Preetorius v. Dulgov · No. 3:24-cv-00366
Judge
Martinez-Olguin
Date
June 28, 2024

Background

Regina Marie Preetorius asked the court to voluntarily dismiss her action because she said she no longer resided in the court’s jurisdiction.

Ruling

The court granted Preetorius’s request for voluntary dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1). The petition was dismissed without prejudice, meaning the dismissal did not prevent a later filing. The court did not address the underlying issues in the petition.

The clerk was ordered to close the file, and the order terminated Docket No. 7.

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