Palmer v. State Bar of Nevada et al
Filing
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ORDER accepting and adopting in its entirety ECF No. 3 Report and Recommendation; granting ECF No. 1 IFP application - NDOC to pay Clerk from inmate account (copy of order sent to Finance and NDOC Chief of Inmate Services); directing Clerk to file the complaint; dismissing with prejudice the complaint; directing Clerk to enter judgment and close case. Signed by Judge Miranda M. Du on 10/11/2016. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - KR)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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MARKIECE PALMER,
Case No. 3:16-cv-00248-MMD-WGC
Plaintiff,
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v.
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STATE BAR OF NEVADA, et al.,
ORDER ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE
WILLIAM G. COBB
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Defendants.
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Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate
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Judge William G. Cobb (ECF No. 3) (“R&R”) relating to plaintiff’s application to proceed
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in forma pauperis (ECF No. 1) and pro se complaint (ECF No. 1-1). Plaintiff had until
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August 20, 2016, to file an objection. No objection to the R&R has been filed.
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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 judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Where a party
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timely objects to a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, then the court is
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required to “make a de novo determination of those portions of the [report and
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recommendation] to which objection is made.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Where a party fails
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to object, however, the court is not required to conduct “any review at all . . . of any issue
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that is not the subject of an objection.” Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985).
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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
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United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114 (9th Cir. 2003) (disregarding the standard
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of review employed by the district court when reviewing a report and recommendation to
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which no objections were made); see also Schmidt v. Johnstone, 263 F. Supp. 2d 1219,
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1226 (D. Ariz. 2003) (reading the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Reyna-Tapia as adopting the
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view that district courts are not required to review “any issue that is not the subject of an
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objection.”). Thus, if there is no objection to a magistrate judge’s recommendation, then
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the court may accept the recommendation without review. See, e.g., Johnstone, 263 F.
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Supp. 2d at 1226 (accepting, without review, a magistrate judge’s recommendation to
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which no objection was filed).
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Nevertheless, this Court finds it appropriate to engage in a de novo review to
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determine whether to adopt Magistrate Judge Cobb’s R&R. Upon reviewing the R&R
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and proposed complaint, this Court finds good cause to accept and adopt the Magistrate
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Judge’s R&R in full.
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It
is
therefore
ordered,
adjudged
and
decreed
that
the
Report
and
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Recommendation of Magistrate Judge William G. Cobb (ECF No. 3) is accepted and
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adopted in its entirety.
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It is further ordered that plaintiff’s application to proceed in form pauperis (ECF
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No. 1) is granted; however, pursuant to pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b), he is still required
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to pay the full amount of the filing fee over time. Within thirty (30) days of the date of this
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order, Plaintiff will be required to pay an initial partial filing fee of $12.00. Thereafter, Plaintiff
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will be required to make monthly payments of twenty percent of the preceding month’s
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income credited to his account to be forwarded by the agency having custody over Plaintiff
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to the Clerk of this Court each time the amount in Plaintiff’s account exceeds $10 until the
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$350 filing fee is paid.
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It is further ordered that the Clerk detach and file the complaint (ECF No. 1-1).
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It is further ordered that the complaint is dismissed with prejudice.
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The Clerk is directed to enter judgment in accordance with this Order and close
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this case.
DATED THIS 11th day of October 2016.
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MIRANDA M. DU
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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