Lawrence v. Krahne et al

Filing 17

ORDER REGARDING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS Adopting 14 Report and Recommendation and Denying 15 Motion for Certificate of Appealability, Denying as moot 12 Motion for Default Judgment. Signed by Judge James C. Mahan on 3/1/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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JOHNNY M. LAWRENCE,

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Plaintiff(s),

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Case No. 2:16-CV-762 JCM (VCF)
ORDER

v.
JAMIE KRAHNE, et al.,

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Defendant(s).

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Presently before the court is plaintiff Johnny Lawrence’s “objection to order [doc

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13]” and request for a certificate of appealability. (ECF No. 15) (alteration in original). First,

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plaintiff indicates that he is objecting to his own motion for clarification. See (ECF Nos. 13, 15).
Next, plaintiff makes no identification of the ruling for which he seeks a certificate of appealability.
Accordingly, that request will be denied.

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Next, this court considers Magistrate Judge Ferenbach’s January 31, 2017,

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recommendation that the case be closed because this court already dismissed plaintiff’s apparent

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complaint in its August 24, 2016, order. (ECF No. 14). Indeed, plaintiff has not filed an amended

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complaint or resolved the issues that caused the original dismissal. (Id.).

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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.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). If a party fails to object to a

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magistrate judge’s recommendation, however, the court is not required to conduct “any review at

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all . . . of any issue that is not the subject of an objection.” Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149
(1985).
Indeed, the Ninth Circuit has recognized that a district court is not required to review a

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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

magistrate judge’s recommendation where no objections have been filed. See United States v.
Reyna–Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114 (9th Cir. 2003) (disregarding the standard of review employed by
the district court when reviewing a report and recommendation to which no objections were made);

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see also Schmidt v. Johnstone, 263 F. Supp. 2d 1219, 1226 (D. Ariz. 2003) (reading the Ninth

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Circuit’s decision in Reyna–Tapia as adopting the view that district courts are not required to

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review “any issue that is not the subject of an objection.”).

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Nevertheless, this court finds it appropriate to engage in a de novo review to determine
whether to adopt the recommendation of the magistrate judge.
Plaintiff has failed to make a timely objection to the magistrate judge’s recommendation.
See Local Rule IB 3–1. Upon review of the docket, this court agrees with Magistrate Judge
Ferenbach that plaintiff has made no attempt to file an amended complaint or otherwise respond
to the substance of the order of dismissal. See (ECF Nos. 10, 14).
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that plaintiff’s motion for
certificate of appealability (ECF No. 15) be, and the same hereby is, DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the recommendation of Magistrate Judge Ferenbach
(ECF No. 14) be, and the same hereby is, ADOPTED in its entirety.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff’s second motion for entry of judgment by
default (ECF No. 12) be, and the same hereby is, DENIED as moot.
The clerk shall enter judgment accordingly and close the case.
DATED March 1, 2017.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

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