Edwards v. Hasslehoff
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ORDER. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that 3 Magistrate Judge Koppe's report and recommendation be, and the same hereby is, ADOPTED in its entirety. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that 1 -1 the complaint is DISMISSED with prejudice. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that 1 plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis is DENIED as moot. Signed by Judge James C. Mahan on 11/9/17. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ADR)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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GEORGE GERAINE EDWARDS,
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Case No. 2:17-CV-2267 JCM (NJK)
Plaintiff(s),
ORDER
v.
DAVID HASSLEHOFF,
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Defendant(s).
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Presently before the court is Magistrate Judge Koppe’s report and recommendation (R&R),
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recommending that pro se plaintiff George Edwards’s complaint (ECF Nos. 1-1) be dismissed
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with prejudice, and application to proceed in forma pauperis denied. (ECF No. 3). No objections
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have been filed, and the deadline for filing objections has since passed by over two months.
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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). Where a party timely objects
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to a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, then the court is required to “make a de novo
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determination of those portions of the [report and recommendation] to which objection is made.”
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28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).
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Where a party fails to object, 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
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(1985). 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. See United
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States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114 (9th Cir. 2003) (disregarding the standard of review
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employed by the district court when reviewing a report and recommendation to which no
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objections were made).
James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge
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Nonetheless, the court has reviewed the complaint and the R&R and has determined that
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adopting the R&R is merited. Plaintiff purports to bring claims against David Hasslehoff, alleging
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that he forced her to become homeless and raped her to fulfill a sexual fetish. (ECF No. 1-1 at 1).
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Plaintiff has previously sued Mr. Hasslehoff in this court based on allegations that he impregnated
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her without her consent. See Edwards v. Hasslehoff, No. 2:14-cv-2169-RFB-PAL (D. Nev.). In
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that case, Magistrate Judge Leen recommended the complaint be dismissed “because [plaintiff’s]
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claims are fantastic and delusional.” Id., ECF No. 2 at 3. So too here.
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In accordance with Judge Koppe’s recommendation, in light of the frivolous, delusional,
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and wholly implausible nature of plaintiff’s claims, the complaint will be dismissed and the
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application to proceed in forma pauperis denied as moot.
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Accordingly,
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that Magistrate Judge Koppe’s
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report and recommendation (ECF No. 3) be, and the same hereby is, ADOPTED in its entirety.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the complaint (ECF No. 1-1) is DISMISSED with
prejudice.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF
No. 1) is DENIED as moot.
DATED November 9, 2017.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge
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