Palmer et al v. Bone et al

Filing 60

MEMORANDUM ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE for 56 Report and Recommendations. ORDERED that Defendants The State Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, the UPLC's District 14B Subcommittee, the Law Of fice of Antoinette Bone, and Antoinette Bones's First Amended Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. # 24 ), and Attorney General Paxton's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint (Dkt. # 25 ) are each GRANTED and the entirety of Plaintiffs' claims are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. All relief not previously granted is DENIED. The Clerk is directed to CLOSE this civil action. Signed by District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III on 7/3/2019. (daj, )

United States District Court
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
SHERMAN DIVISION

RONALD PALMER, ET AL.
v.
ANTOINETTE BONE, ET AL.

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Civil Action No. 4:18-CV-422
(Judge Mazzant/Judge Nowak)

MEMORANDUM ADOPTING REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Came on for consideration the report of the United States Magistrate Judge in this action,
this matter having been heretofore referred to the Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636.
On May 24, 2019, the report of the Magistrate Judge (Dkt. #56) was entered containing proposed
findings of fact and recommendations that Defendants The State Unauthorized Practice of Law
Committee, the UPLC’s District 14B Subcommittee, the Law Office of Antoinette Bone, and
Antoinette Bones’s First Amended Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. #24), and Attorney General Paxton’s
Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint (Dkt. #25) each be granted, and Plaintiffs’
claims be dismissed without prejudice.
Having received the report of the Magistrate Judge, and no objections thereto having been
timely filed, the Court is of the opinion that the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge
are correct and adopts the Magistrate Judge’s report as the findings and conclusions of the Court.
It is, therefore, ORDERED that Defendants The State Unauthorized Practice of Law
Committee, the UPLC’s District 14B Subcommittee, the Law Office of Antoinette Bone, and
Antoinette Bones’s First Amended Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. #24), and Attorney General Paxton’s
Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint (Dkt. #25) are each GRANTED and the
entirety of Plaintiffs’ claims are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

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All relief not previously granted is DENIED.
The Clerk is directed to CLOSE this civil action.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
SIGNED this 3rd day of July, 2019.

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AMOS L. MAZZANT
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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