McGuire et al v. Clackamas County Counsel et al

Filing 58

ORDER The Court ADOPTS Magistrate Acosta's Findings and Recommendation 48 and, accordingly, DENIES Dorothy H. Mead's Motion to Intervene 27 Signed on 9/30/09, by United States District Judge Anna J. Brown. (peg)

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D I S T R I C T COURT

FOR THE D I S T R I C T OF OREGON

DAVID R . McGUIRE a n d ARLENE B . MCGUIRE,

08-CV-l098-AC
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plaintiffs,

v.
CLACKAMAS COON'l'Y COUNSEL, SCO'1"1' CIECKO, JUDGE RONALD E . CINNJ:GER, KIM P R I E S T , KEN S P I E G L E , a n d CLACKAMAS COUNTY,

Defendants.

DAVID R . McGUIRE ARLENE B . McGUIRE 22988 S. Day H i l l Rd. E s t a c a d a , OR 9 7 2 0 3 [phone]

P l a i n t i f f s , Pre) B e

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EDWARD S . McGLONE XXX

Clackamas County Counsel 2051 Kaen Rd. O r e g o n C i t y , OR 9 7 0 4 5 [phone] Attorneys for Defendant Clackamas County Counsel, S c o t t C i e c k o , Kim p r i e s t , Ken S p i e g l e , a n d Clackamas County
JOHH KROGER

Attorney General
ANDREW D . HALLMAN

JAMES S . SMXTH

Assistant Attorneys General Oregon Department of Justice 1162 Court St. N.E. S a l e m , OR 9 7 3 0 1 [phone] A t t o r n e y s f o r D e f e n d a n t J u d g e R o n a l d B. C i n n i g e r
BROWN, J u d g e .

M a g i s t r a t e J u d g e J o h n V. A c o s t a i s s u e d F i n d i n g s a n d Recommendation (#48) on August 27, 2009, i n which he recommended t h e C o u r t d e n y D o r o t h y H. M e a d ' s M o t i o n t o I n t e r v e n e ( # 2 7 ) . Plaintiffs timely filed Objections to the Magistrate Judge's Findings and Recommendation. p u r s u a n t t o 28 U . S . C . P r o c e d u r e 72 ( b ) . When a n y p a r t y o b j e c t s t o a n y p o r t i o n o f t h e M a g i s t r a t e J u d g e ' s F i n d i n g s a n d Recommendation, t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t must make a de novo determination of report. 28 U . S . C .
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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

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

portion of the Magistrate Judge's

636(b) (1).

See also United States v. Reyna-

Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en bane); 'United
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States v . B e r n h a r d t ,

840 F . 2 d 1 4 4 1 , 1 4 4 4 ( 9 t h C i r . 1 9 8 8 ) .

This Court has carefully considered Plaintiffs' Objections a n d c o n c l u d e s t h e y do n o t p r o ' , i d e a b a s i s t o m o d i f y t h e F i n d i n g s and Recommendation. The Courl: a l s o h a s r e v i e w e d t h e p e r t i n e n t
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portions of the record de

and does not find any error in the

Magistrate Judge's Findings and Recommendation. I n t h e i r Obj e c t i o n s , P l a : _ n t i f f s d o n o t d i r e c t l y o r specifically contend any part:_cular portion of the Findings and Recommendations i s erroneous. The Magistrate Judge concluded

Mead s h o u l d n o t b e a l l o w e d t o i n t e r v e n e i n t h i s m a t t e r o n t w o grounds: (1) S h e d i d n o t -fill~ a p l e a d i n g w i t h h e r M o t i o n h a s

r e q u i r e d b y F e d e r a l R u l e o f C : . v i l P r o c e d u r e 24 ( b ) a n d ( 2 ) s h e i s seeking to intervene for the ])urpose of representing the interests of Crystal Springs i\Ssembly Church. The Church already

has been dismissed as a plain':iff for failure to pay the filing fee. I n a d d i t i o n , c h u r c h e s a::-e r e q u i r e d t o a p p e a r i n c o u r t

t h r o u g h a n a t t o r n e y , a n d , t h e : : - e f o r e , Mead may n o t r e p r e s e n t t h e church' s interests in this ma':ter.
Testament v. U.S., See Church o f the New

783 F . 2 d 7'71, 7 7 3 - 7 4 ( 9 t h C i r . 1 9 8 6 ) ( c h u r c h e s

must appear in court through an attorney) . A f t e r r e v i e w i n g t h e reco::-d d e n o v o a n d P l a i n t i f f s r Objections, the Court does no: find any error in the Magistrate Judge's Findings and Recommendations.

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CCNCLUS:ION
T h e C o u r t ADOPTS M a g i s t r , l t e J u d g e A c o s t a ' s F i n d i n g s a n d R e c o m m e n d a t i o n ( # 4 8 ) a n d , a c c , ) r d i n g l y , DEN:IES D o r o t h y H . M e a d ' s Motion to Intervene (#27). I T I S SO ORDERED. DATED t h i s

~day of

September, 2009.

A N N A J . BROWN United States District Judge

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