Spottswood v. Washington County, MN

U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota

Spottswood v. Washington County, MN

Trial Court Opinion

            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                             
                DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA                                


Shawn Clarke Spottswood,                               Civ. No. 24-224 (JWB/ECW) 

          Plaintiff,                                                 

v.                                                                        
                                   ORDER ACCEPTING                   
Washington County, MN, official capacity;  REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION      
and Zoom Inc., individual and official  OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE               
capacity,                                                                 

          Defendants.                                                


United States Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright issued a Report and 
Recommendation (“R&R”) on June 17, 2024. (Doc. No. 12.) No objections have been 
filed to that R&R in the time permitted. Absent timely objections, the R&R is reviewed 
for clear error. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); Grinder v. Gammon, 
73 F.3d 793, 795
 (8th Cir. 
1996). Having reviewed the R&R, no clear error is found.                  
Based on the R&R of the Magistrate Judge, and on all the files, records, and 
proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:                            
1.   The June 17, 2024 Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 12) is    
ACCEPTED;                                                                 
2.   The Amended Complaint (Doc. No. 11) is DISMISSED WITHOUT        
PREJUDICE to the extent that it seeks claims for injunctive relief.       
3.   The remainder of this action is STAYED pending the final resolution of  
Plaintiff Shawn Clarke Spottswood’s Washington County state court criminal 
proceedings challenged by the Amended Complaint.                          

4.   Plaintiff Shawn Clarke Spottswood is ordered to inform this Court 
within 30 days after the Washington County state court matter challenged by the 
Amended Complaint concludes (including any appeals) by filing an appropriate notice in 
this action’s docket.                                                     
5.   The Clerk of Court is directed to send a certified copy of this Order 
to the Washington County District Court, Tenth Judicial District.         


Date: July 11, 2024                     _s/ Jerry W. Blackwell_______     
                                   JERRY W. BLACKWELL                
                                   United States District Judge      

Trial Court Opinion

            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                             
                DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA                                


Shawn Clarke Spottswood,                               Civ. No. 24-224 (JWB/ECW) 

          Plaintiff,                                                 

v.                                                                        
                                   ORDER ACCEPTING                   
Washington County, MN, official capacity;  REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION      
and Zoom Inc., individual and official  OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE               
capacity,                                                                 

          Defendants.                                                


United States Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright issued a Report and 
Recommendation (“R&R”) on June 17, 2024. (Doc. No. 12.) No objections have been 
filed to that R&R in the time permitted. Absent timely objections, the R&R is reviewed 
for clear error. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); Grinder v. Gammon, 
73 F.3d 793, 795
 (8th Cir. 
1996). Having reviewed the R&R, no clear error is found.                  
Based on the R&R of the Magistrate Judge, and on all the files, records, and 
proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:                            
1.   The June 17, 2024 Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 12) is    
ACCEPTED;                                                                 
2.   The Amended Complaint (Doc. No. 11) is DISMISSED WITHOUT        
PREJUDICE to the extent that it seeks claims for injunctive relief.       
3.   The remainder of this action is STAYED pending the final resolution of  
Plaintiff Shawn Clarke Spottswood’s Washington County state court criminal 
proceedings challenged by the Amended Complaint.                          

4.   Plaintiff Shawn Clarke Spottswood is ordered to inform this Court 
within 30 days after the Washington County state court matter challenged by the 
Amended Complaint concludes (including any appeals) by filing an appropriate notice in 
this action’s docket.                                                     
5.   The Clerk of Court is directed to send a certified copy of this Order 
to the Washington County District Court, Tenth Judicial District.         


Date: July 11, 2024                     _s/ Jerry W. Blackwell_______     
                                   JERRY W. BLACKWELL                
                                   United States District Judge      

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