Anderson v. V.A. Hospital

Filing 49

ORDER: Denying as Moot Defendants' Motion to Dismiss 32 ; Granting Plaintiff's Motion to Dismiss 45 ; Adopting Judge Hubel's Findings and Recommendation 47 . Signed on 3/2/09 by Judge Anna J. Brown. (ljl)

IN THE UNITED STATES D I S T R I C T COURT FOR THE D I S T R I C T OF OREGON

ROBERT ANDERSON, Plaintiff,

08-CV-869-HU ORDER

v.
V . A . HOSPITAL a n d UNITED STATES, Defendants.

BROWN, J u d g e .

Magistrate Judge Dennis James Hubel issued Findings and Recommendation (#47) on January 23, 2009, i n which he recommends t h i s Court grant P l a i n t i f f ' s Motion to Dismiss (#45) without p r e j u d i c e a n d d e n y a s m o o t D e f e n d a n t s ' M o t i o n f o r Summary Judgment (#32). 28 U . S . C . 72 ( b ) . Because no objections to the Magistrate Judgers Findings and
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T h e m a t t e r i s now b e f o r e t h i s C o u r t p u r s u a n t t o

6 3 6 ( b ) ( 1 ) (B) a n d F e d e r a l R u l e o f C i v i l P r o c e d u r e

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Recommendation w e r e t i m e l y f i l e d , t h i s C o u r t i s r e l i e v e d o f i t s obligation to review the record de novo.
Britt v. Simi Valley

U n i f i e d S c h o o l D i s t . , 708 F . 2 d 4 5 2 , 454 (9 th C i r . 1 9 8 3 ) ( r e v ' d o n

other grounds).

See also Lorin Corp. v. Goto & Co., 700 F.2d

1202, 1206 (8 th C i r . 1 9 8 3 ) .

Having reviewed the legal principles

de novo, the Court does not find any error.

CONCLUSION

T h e C o u r t ADOPTS M a g i s t r a t e J u d g e H u b e l r s F i n d i n g s a n d Recommendation (#47). A c c o r d i n g l y , t h e C o u r t GRANTS P l a i n t i f f ' s

M o t i o n t o D i s m i s s ( # 4 5 ) w i t h o u t p r e j u d i c e a n d DENIES a s m o o t D e f e n d a n t s ' M o t i o n f o r Summary J u d g m e n t ( # 3 2 ) .
I T I S SO ORDERED. ~

DATED t h i s

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day of FebIuaIT, 2009.

AAN~----united States District Judge

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