Weaver v. U. S. Social Security Administration et al
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OPINION AND ORDER adopting Magistrate Judge Janet F. King's Final Report and Recommendation 12 and dismissing this action pursuant to Local Rule 41.3(A)(2), NDGa. Signed by Judge William S. Duffey, Jr on 10/2/17. (ddm)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
ATLANTA DIVISION
SALINAS ACOSTA WEAVER,
Plaintiff,
v.
1:16-cv-4550-WSD
U.S. SOCIAL SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION,
Defendant.
OPINION AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Magistrate Judge Janet F. King’s Final
Report and Recommendation [12] (“Final R&R”) recommending the Court dismiss
this action for want of prosecution. Plaintiff has not filed objections to the Final
R&R.
I.
BACKGROUND
A.
Facts1
On December 13, 2016, Plaintiff filed his Complaint [3] claiming the “U.S.
Social Security Administration did not deposit benefits to [Plaintiff] after found
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The facts are taken from the R&R and the record. The parties have not
objected to any specific facts in the R&R, and the Court finds no plain error in
them. The Court thus adopts the facts set out in the R&R. See Garvey v. Vaughn,
993 F.2d 776, 779 n.9 (11th Cir. 1993).
permanently disabled.” (Compl. at 2). Plaintiff had allegedly received benefits
since he was fifteen years old. (Id. at 3). On June 13, 2017, the Magistrate Judge
issued a Show Cause Order [11] directing Plaintiff to show cause, within fourteen
(14) days, why his case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute under
Local Rule 41.3(A)(3), NDGa. The Magistrate Judge warned Plaintiff that his
failure to respond to the Show Cause Order would indicate that he is not interested
in prosecuting his case and that it would result in a recommendation that this action
be dismissed. Plaintiff failed to respond to the Show Cause Order.
On July 3, 2017, the Magistrate Judge issued her Final R&R, recommending
the Court dismiss this action for Plaintiff’s failure to prosecute. Plaintiff did not
respond to the R&R.2
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On August 23, 2017, Plaintiff filed a document titled “Comply with the
Court’s Order” [14]. The purpose and subject of the filing are unclear. In it,
Plaintiff does not appear to object to either the Show Cause Order or the Final
R&R. Plaintiff states he obtained a Wage and Income Transcript to file with the
Court. Plaintiff provides no additional explanation or reasoning for the filing other
than providing a litany of bizarre demands including a request for injunctive relief
to intervene and assist the FBI and “disability relief to adjust the Interventionist
who controlling [sic] my heart’s pacemaker and brain shunt-leads which causing
my brain to induce sleeping and fainting.” ([14] at 2).
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II.
DISCUSSION
A.
Legal Standard
After conducting a careful and complete review of the findings and
recommendations, a district judge may accept, reject, or modify a magistrate
judge’s report and recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Williams
v. Wainwright, 681 F.2d 732, 732 (11th Cir. 1982) (per curiam). A district judge
“shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified
proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.” 28 U.S.C.
§ 636(b)(1). Where, as here, no party has objected to the report and
recommendation, the Court conducts only a plain error review of the record.
United States v. Slay, 714 F.2d 1093, 1095 (11th Cir. 1983) (per curiam).
B.
Analysis
Local Rule 41.3 authorizes the Court to dismiss a case for want of
prosecution for failure to obey a lawful order of the Court. See LR 41.3(A)(2).
Plaintiff failed to comply with the Show Cause Order after being warned that
failure to comply would result in dismissal of this action. Accordingly, this action
is dismissed pursuant to Local Rule 41.3(A)(2).
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III.
CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Janet F. King’s Final
Report and Recommendation [12] is ADOPTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this action is DISMISSED pursuant to
Local Rule 41.3(A)(2), NDGa.
SO ORDERED this 2nd day of October, 2017.
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