Free Order Dismissing Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1 :07-cv—00639-GIVIS Document 6 Filed 12/17/2007 Page 1 of 1
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
BRAHEEM POTEAT, )
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Petitioner, )
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v. ) Civil Action No. 07-639-GMS
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ELIZABETH BURRIS, )
Acting Warden, and ATTORNEY )
GENERAL OF THE STATE )
OF DELAWARE, )
et. al., )
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Respondents} ) F I L E D
ORDER or D1sM1ssAL DEC 1 7
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At Wilmington this I 7 day 0 , 2007; u_$_ DISTRICT COURT
oasrmcr OF DELAWARE
IT IS ORDERED that:
Petitioner Braheem Poteat’s request to voluntarily dismiss his§ 2254 petition is
GRANTED, and the above-captioned matter is DISMISSED without prejudice. (D.I. 5.)
Respondents have not yet served an Answer. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4l(a)(l); see Hilton v. Braunskill,
48l U.S. 770, 776 n.5 (l985)(Federal Rules of Civil Procedure may be applied to habeas corpus
petitions filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 as long as the Rules are not inconsistent with the
Rules Governing Habeas Corpus Cases Under § 2254). The Clerk is directed to close the case.
CHIEFQ UNI ED STATES DéTRICT JUDGE
lActing Warden Elizabeth Burris assumed office in September, 2007, replacing former
Warden Thomas Carroll. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d)(l).

Case 1:07-cv-00639-GMS

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