Bright v. Braden et al
Filing
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ORDER denying as moot 4 Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis; adopting Report and Recommendations re 6 Report and Recommendations. Signed by District Judge Harry S Mattice, Jr on 6/1/2017. (BDG, ) Mailed to Bright.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
at WINCHESTER
EDNA BRIGHT,
Plaintiff,
v.
PAUL BRADEN, et al.
Defendants.
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Case No. 4:16-cv-55
Judge Mattice
Magistrate Judge Steger
ORDER
On May 1, 2017, United States Magistrate Judge Christopher H. Steger filed his
Report and Recommendation. (Doc. 6). Magistrate Judge Steger recommended that (1)
this action be dismissed without prejudice because this Court lacks subject matter
jurisdiction under the Tax Inunction Act1 and the Rooker-Feldman doctrine,2 and (2)
Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis be denied as moot.3 (Id. at 3–4).
Plaintiff has filed no objections to the Magistrate Judge’s Report and
Recommendation.4 Nevertheless, the Court has conducted a review of the Report and
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See 28 U.S.C. § 1341.
2 See Dist. of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462 (1983); Rooker v. Fid. Trust Co., 263
U.S. 413 (1923).
The Court notes that Plaintiff filed a nearly identical action in this Court in 2015 in Case No. 4:15-cv-61.
The Court dismissed that case on the same grounds upon which it relies today. (See Docs 10, 11 in Case
No. 4:15-cv-61). Plaintiff is hereby put ON NOTICE that any future cases she may file alleging the same
facts discussed in the present Complaint, (Doc. 1), may be summarily dismissed for lack of subject matter
jurisdiction.
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Magistrate Judge Steger specifically advised Plaintiff that she had 14 days in which to object to the
Report and Recommendation and that failure to do so would waive her right to appeal. (Doc. 6 at 6 n.3);
see Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2); see also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 148-51 (1985) (noting that “[i]t does not
appear that Congress intended to require district court review of a magistrate’s factual or legal
conclusions, under a de novo or any other standard, when neither party objects to those findings”). Even
taking into account the three additional days for service provided by Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(d), the period in
which Plaintiff could timely file any objections has now expired.
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Recommendation, as well as the record, and it agrees with Magistrate Judge Steger’s
well-reasoned conclusions.
Accordingly,
The Court ACCEPTS and ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Steger’s findings of fact,
conclusions of law, and recommendations (Doc. 6);
Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, (Doc. 4), is hereby
DENIED AS MOOT; and
Plaintiff’s
Complaint,
(Doc.
1),
is
hereby
DISMISSED
WITHOUT
PREJUDICE.
SO ORDERED this 1st day of June, 2017.
/s/ Harry S. Mattice, Jr._____
HARRY S. MATTICE, JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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