Ackerman v. Bridgetown Natural Foods, LLC

Filing 16

ORDER: Adopting the Magistrate Judge's Findings and Recommendation 14 . This Court Grants Defendant's Motion to Compel Arbitration 8 and Dismisses this case without prejudice. Signed on 2/5/24 by Judge Karin J. Immergut. (gm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON

CHRISTOPHER ACKERMAN,
an Individual,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 3:23-cv-01012-JR
ORDER ADOPTING F&R

v.
BRIDGETOWN NATURAL FOODS,
LLC, a foreign corporation,
Defendants.
Caroline Janzen & Paul Robert Armstrong Janzen, Janzen Legal Services, LLC, 4550 SW Hall
Blvd, Beaverton, OR 97005. Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Christopher L. Hilgenfeld, Davis Grimm Payne & Marra, 701 Fifth Avenue Suite 3500, Seattle,
WA 98104. Attorney for Defendant.
IMMERGUT, District Judge.
On January 19, 2024, Magistrate Judge Jolie Russo issued her Findings and
Recommendation (“F&R”), ECF 14, recommending that Defendant’s Motion to Compel
Arbitration, ECF 8, be GRANTED. No party filed objections. This Court ADOPTS Magistrate
Judge Russo’s F&R.

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STANDARDS
Under the Federal Magistrates Act (“Act”), as amended, the court may “accept, reject, or
modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.”
28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). If a party objects to a magistrate judge’s F&R, “the court shall make a
de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or
recommendations to which objection is made.” Id. But the court is not required to review, de
novo or under any other standard, the factual or legal conclusions of the F&R that are not
objected to. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149–50 (1985); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328
F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc). Nevertheless, the Act “does not preclude further
review by the district judge, sua sponte” whether de novo or under another standard. Thomas,
474 U.S. at 154.
CONCLUSION
No party having filed objections, this Court has reviewed the F&R, ECF 14, and accepts
Judge Russo’s conclusions. Judge Russo’s F&R, ECF 14, is adopted in full. Accordingly, this
Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion to Compel Arbitration, ECF 8, and DISMISSES this case
without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED this 5th day of February, 2024.
/s/ Karin J. Immergut
Karin J. Immergut
United States District Judge

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