Jonathan Payton v. Inspire Brands, Buffalo Wild Wings

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA JONATHAN PAYTON CIVIL ACTION VERSUS NO. 25-1480 INSPIRE BRANDS, ET AL. SECTION “R” (2) ORDER AND REASONS Plaintiff Jonathan Payton filed this pro se and in forma pauperis complaint asserting “official capacity” claims against Defendants Inspire Brands and Buffalo Wild Wings.1 On March 20, 2026, Magistrate Judge Currault issued a Report and Recommendation (R&R), recommending that the Court dismiss Plaintiff’s case with prejudice as legally frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2).2 Plaintiff did not object to the R&R. Therefore, the Court reviews the R&R for clear error. See Douglass v. United Servs. Auto. Ass’n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1430 (5th Cir. 1996) (en banc), superseded by statute on other grounds, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b) advisory committee’s note (1983) (“When no timely objection is filed, the court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation.”).

1 R. Doc. 1.

2 R. Doc. 14.

The Court finds no clear error. Accordingly, the Court adopts the Magistrate Judge’s R&R as its opinion. The Court DISMISSES Plaintiffs case WITH PREJUDICE as legally frivolous.

New Orleans, Louisiana, this _16th_ day of April, 2026.

herk Veree SARAH S. VANCE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE