Jacobsen Jr v. Douglas
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ORDER accepting and adopting in its entirety ECF No. 10 Report and Recommendation; granting ECF No. 1 IFP application; dismissing with prejudice the ECF No. 5 Complaint; directing Clerk to enter judgment and close case. Signed by Judge Miranda M. Du on 10/11/2016. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - KR)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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CRAIG L. JACOBSEN, JR.,
Case No. 2:16-cv-00332-MMD-VCF
Plaintiff,
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v.
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HON. MICHAEL DOUGLAS, et al.,
ORDER ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE
CAM FERENBACH
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Defendants.
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Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate
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Judge Cam Ferenbach (ECF No. 10) (“R&R”) relating to plaintiff’s application to proceed
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in forma pauperis (ECF No. 1) and pro se complaint (ECF No. 5). Plaintiff had until
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August 22, 2016, to file an objection. No objection to the R&R has been filed.
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This Court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or
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recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Where a party
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timely objects to a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, then the court is
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required to “make a de novo determination of those portions of the [report and
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recommendation] to which objection is made.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Where a party
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fails to object, however, the court is not required to conduct “any review at all . . . of any
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issue that is not the subject of an objection.” Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985).
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Indeed, the Ninth Circuit has recognized that a district court is not required to review a
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magistrate judge’s report and recommendation where no objections have been filed.
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See United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114 (9th Cir. 2003) (disregarding the
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standard of review employed by the district court when reviewing a report and
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recommendation to which no objections were mad2e); see also Schmidt v. Johnstone,
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263 F. Supp. 2d 1219, 1226 (D. Ariz. 2003) (reading the Ninth Circuit’s decision in
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Reyna-Tapia as adopting the view that district courts are not required to review “any
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issue that is not the subject of an objection.”). Thus, if there is no objection to a
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magistrate judge’s recommendation, then the court may accept the recommendation
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without review. See, e.g., Johnstone, 263 F. Supp. 2d at 1226 (accepting, without
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review, a magistrate judge’s recommendation to which no objection was filed).
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Nevertheless, this Court finds it appropriate to engage in a de novo review to
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determine whether to adopt Magistrate Judge Ferenbach’s R&R. Upon reviewing the
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R&R and proposed complaint, this Court finds good cause to accept and adopt the
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Magistrate Judge’s R&R in full.
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It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed
that the Report and
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Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach (ECF No. 10) is accepted and
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adopted in its entirety.
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It is ordered that plaintiff’s application to proceed in form pauperis (ECF No. 1) is
granted; plaintiff will not be required to pay an initial fee.
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It is further ordered that the complaint (ECF No. 5) is dismissed with prejudice.
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The Clerk is directed to enter judgment in accordance with this Order and closed
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this case.
DATED THIS 11th day of October 2016.
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MIRANDA M. DU
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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