Anderson v. CPS (Child Protective Service)

Filing 10

ORDER Accepting and Adopting Magistrate Judge Leen's 8 Report and Recommendation. Plaintiff's 6 Motion/Application for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis is Denied and Plaintiff's claims are Dismissed.The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment accordingly and close this case. Signed by Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey on 6/1/2017. (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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Kareen J. Anderson,

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Case No.: 2:17-cv-00659-JAD-PAL

Plaintiff

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v.

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Child Protective Services,

Order Adopting Report and
Recommendation, Granting and
Denying Motions, and
Dismissing Case

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Defendant

[ECF Nos. 6, 8]

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Kareen Anderson, a pretrial detainee in custody at the Nevada Southern Detention Center,

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attempts to state a claim against Child Protective Services (“CPS”) for refusing to release his two-

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year-old daughter into a temporary guardianship with his sister.1 Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen

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recommends that Anderson’s application to proceed in forma pauperis2 be denied and that the case

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be dismissed.3

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The report and recommendation was entered May 2, 2017, making May 16, 2017, the

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deadline to file an objection. Anderson filed a response on May 24, 2017, stating that he “do[es] not

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wish to appeal [Judge Leen’s] decision.”4 “[N]o review is required of a magistrate judge’s report

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and recommendation unless objections are filed.”5
Accordingly, with good cause appearing and no reason to delay, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED

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that Judge Leen’s report and recommendation [ECF No. 8] is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED;

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ECF No. 1.

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ECF No. 6.

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ECF No. 8.

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ECF No. 9.

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Schmidt v. Johnstone, 263 F. Supp. 2d 1219, 1226 (D. Ariz. 2003); see also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S.
140, 150 (1985); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003).

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Anderson’s application to proceed in forma pauperis [ECF No. 6] is DENIED; and Anderson’s

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claims are DISMISSED. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment accordingly and CLOSE

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THIS CASE.

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DATED June 1, 2017.

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Jennifer A. Dorsey
United States District Judge

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