ME2 Productions, Inc. v. Does

Filing 42

ORDER that Magistrate Judge Koppe's 24 Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED in part and REJECTED in part. All Defendants except for Nigel Bruce are dismissed without prejudice. Signed by Judge James C. Mahan on 11/7/17. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLD)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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ME2 PRODUCTIONS, INC.,

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Plaintiff(s),

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Case No. 2:17-CV-124 JCM (NJK)
ORDER

v.
APRIL RANTA, et al.,

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Defendant(s).

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Presently before the court is Magistrate Judge Koppe’s report and recommendation

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following an order to show cause as to why the defendants should not be severed and all but the

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first-named defendant dismissed. (ECF No. 24). Plaintiff ME2 Productions, Inc., filed an

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objection. (ECF No. 29). Defendants have not filed a response, and the time to do so has since

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passed.

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Also before the court is plaintiff’s motion for default judgment against defendants Nigel
Bruce and Yaoska Molina-Cruz. (ECF No. 41).

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The present case is one of many filed by plaintiff against numerous Doe defendants.

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Exhibit 1 to ME2’s objection contains its memorandum and points of authority to support its

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objections to the instant report and recommendation. (ECF No. 29-1). The exhibit is a carbon

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copy of plaintiff’s objections in the case of ME2 Productions, Inc. v. Bayu, case no. 2:17-cv-00724-

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JCM-NJK. The court issued an order in Bayu that adopted Magistrate Judge Koppe’s report and

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recommendation in that case and severed all but the first-named defendant.1 For the same reasons,

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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

After Magistrate Judge Koppe issued the instant R&R, plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary
dismissal as to defendant Ranta, among others. (ECF No. 40). Accordingly, the court will dismiss
all defendants except for Nigel Bruce.

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the court finds severance here is appropriate.

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Accordingly,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Koppe’s report and recommendation

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(ECF No. 24) be, and the same hereby is, ADOPTED in part and REJECTED in part, consistent

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with the foregoing.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all defendants except for Nigel Bruce be, and the same
hereby are, dismissed without prejudice.
DATED November 7, 2017.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

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