Lucio v. State of Nevada

Filing 5

Vacated per ecf 6. ORDER adopting #3 Report and Recommendation. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. #1 ) is DENIED as moot. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Petition to Challenge Senate Bill 182 (ECF No. #1 -1) is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. The Clerk of Court is directed to close this case. Signed by Judge Cristina D. Silva on 8/1/2022.; Case terminated. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - HAM) Modified on 8/2/2022 (EDS).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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5 JESSE L. LUCIO,
Plaintiff,

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Case No.: 2:22-cv-01088-CDS-EJY

v.

8 STATE OF NEVADA, et al.,

Order Adopting Report and
Recommendation
[ECF No. 3]

Defendants.

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Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation (R&R) of United States Magistrate

12 Judge Elayna J. Youchah which was issued on July 14, 2022. ECF No. 3. In the R&R, the
13 Magistrate Judge recommends that Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 1)
14 be denied a moot, and the Petition to Challenge Senate Bill 182 (ECF No. 1-1) be dismissed with
15 prejudice. Id at 4. The deadline for any party to object to that recommendation was July 28,
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While review is not required of a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation unless

18 objections are filed, 1 I nevertheless conducted a de novo review of the arguments set forth in the
19 R&R pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). When reviewing the order of a magistrate judge, the
20 order should only be set aside if the order is clearly erroneous or contrary to law. Fed. R. Civ. P.
21 72(a); LR IB 3-1(a); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A); Laxalt v. McClatchy, 602 F. Supp. 214, 216 (D. Nev.
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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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1 1985). A magistrate judge’s order is “clearly erroneous” if the court has “a definite and firm
2 conviction that a mistake has been committed.” See United States v. United States Gypsum Co., 333
3 U.S. 364, 395, 68 S. Ct. 525, 92 L. Ed. 746 (1948); Burdick v. Comm’r IRS, 979 F.2d 1369, 1370 (9th
4 Cir. 1992). “An order is contrary to law when it fails to apply or misapplies relevant statutes,
5 case law or rules of procedure.” UnitedHealth Grp., Inc. v. United Healthcare, Inc., No. 2:14-cv-002246 RCJ, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129489, 2014 WL 4635882, at *1 (D. Nev. Sept. 16, 2014). Here, I find
7 that Judge Youchah sets forth the proper legal analysis which is not clearly erroneous or
8 contrary to the law. Accordingly,
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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge’s Report and

10 Recommendation (ECF No. 3) is AFFIRMED and ADOPTED in its entirety.
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF

12 No. 1) is DENIED as moot.
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Petition to Challenge Senate Bill 182 (ECF

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The Clerk of Court is directed to close this case.

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DATED this 1st day of August, 2022.

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Cristina D. Silva
United States District Judge

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