HOOD et al v. TOWN OF OCHLOCKNEE GEORGIA et al

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
VALDOSTA DIVISION
FRANCES HOOD and
MATTHEW A. WILLIAMS,
Plaintiffs,
v.
MAYOR RONELLE SEARCY,
et al.,
Defendants.
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CASE NO:
7:25-cv-184–WLS
ORDER
Presently before the Court is Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to Plaintiff Matthew A.
Williams (Doc. 36) (“Notice”) filed March 28, 2026. Therein, Plaintiff Matthew A. Williams
(“Williams”) dismisses all claims asserted by him in this action, without prejudice, pursuant to
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(i).1 As Williams notes, none of the Defendants
have served an answer or a motion for summary judgment in this matter.
For the purpose of completing the record, the Court acknowledges and ACCEPTS
Plaintiff Williams’s Notice. All claims asserted by Williams in this action are DISMISSED,
WITHOUT PREJUDICE, as to all Defendants. All claims of Plaintiff Frances Hood remain
pending. The Clerk is DIRECTED to remove Matthew A. Williams from the Caption of this
case.
SO ORDERED, this 30th day of March 2026.
/s/ W. Louis Sands
W. LOUIS SANDS, SR. JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
1 Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) provides that “[T]he Plaintiff may dismiss an action without a court order by
filing: (i) a notice of dismissal before the opposing party serves either an answer or a motion for summary
judgment[.]”
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