Kaplan v. Kaplan

Filing 5

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS 4 . Signed by Chief Judge Sarah S. Vance on 5/14/15.(jjs)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
SCOTT KAPLAN

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

NO: 15-272

JANE KAPLAN

SECTION: R(3)

ORDER
Before the Court is plaintiff Scott Kaplan's complaint against
his ex-wife Jane Kaplan seeking money allegedly owed to him under
the parties' Illinois state-court divorce decree.1

On January 30,

2015, the Magistrate Judge ordered plaintiff to show cause by March
2, 2015 why the case should not be dismissed for lack of subjectmatter jurisdiction and improper venue.2

Plaintiff failed to

respond to the Magistrate Judge's show cause order, and the
Magistrate Judge authored a Report and Recommendation ("R&R")
recommending that the Court dismiss plaintiff's action for lack of
subject-matter jurisdiction and improper venue.3 Plaintiff has not
filed an objection to the Magistrate Judge's R&R.
The

Court

has

reviewed

the

plaintiff's

complaint,

the

applicable law, and the Magistrate Judge's unopposed R&R, and
hereby approves the R&R and adopts it as its opinion.
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R. Doc. 1.

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R. Doc. 3.

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R. Doc. 4.

Accordingly, plaintiff Scott Kaplan's complaint is hereby
dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction
and improper venue.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this _____ day of May, 2015.
14th

SARAH S. VANCE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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