Malone et al v. Strong

Filing 36

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS re 32 Objections to Report and Recommendation; Plaintiffs' request for class action certification 28 is Denied Without Prejudice; plaintiffs Chris Cantley, Thomas Toomey, Ronald Fox, Joseph Tow nsend, Mark Robinson, George Hancock, Paul Geier, John E Brooks, Curtis Pouncy, Zachery Nelson, Duane Brennan, Matthew Hopkins, Calvin Malone, Dennis Dumas, James Turner, George Mitchell, Dennis T Dumas, Michael Cole, Laura McCollum, Ric hard Jackson, Bruce Rafford, Mikeel Azeem, Jonathan Parsons, Gregory Jaeger, Richard Schoonover, Scott Jones, Tommy Coleman, Jeremy Mathis are Dismissed from this action without prejudice and separate matters will be opened for each plaintiff; signed by Judge Ronald B. Leighton. (DN) Modified on 6/23/2016 (DN). (cc to all pltfs)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA

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CALVIN MALONE et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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MARK STRONG,
Defendant.

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ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND
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CASE NO. 3:16-CV-05284-RBL-DWC

The Court, having reviewed the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge David
W. Christel, objections to the Report and Recommendation, if any, and the remaining record,
does hereby find and ORDER:
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The Court adopts the Report and Recommendation.

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Plaintiffs request for class action certification (Dkt. 28) is denied without
prejudice.
(3) The claims of Plaintiffs Mitchell, Fox, Schoonover, Robinson, Brooks, Cantley,
Parsons, Townsend, Geier, Jones, Hancock, Nelson, Rafford, Cole, Mathis, Jaeger,
Brennan, Hopkins, Dumas, Pouncy, Jackson, McCollum, Azeem, Toomey, Coleman, and
Turner are dismissed from Case No. 3:16-cv-05284 without prejudice.
(4) The Clerk is directed to open a case for each of the following Plaintiffs: Mitchell,
Fox, Schoonover, Robinson, Brooks, Cantley, Parsons, Townsend, Geier, Jones,
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Hancock, Nelson, Rafford, Cole, Mathis, Jaeger, Brennan, Hopkins, Dumas, Pouncy,
Jackson, McCollum, Azeem, Toomey, Coleman, and Turner (Dkts. 2-27).

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(5) The Clerk is directed to docket each Plaintiff’s pending Application to Proceed IFP in
each new case (Dkts. 2-27).
(6) The Clerk is directed to docket the Proposed Complaint (Dkt. 28) as the proposed
complaint in each new case.

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(7) The Clerk is directed to assign each new case to District Judge Leighton and referred
to Magistrate Judge Christel.

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Dated this 23rd day of June, 2016.
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Ronald B. Leighton (as auth/dn)
United States District Judge

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