IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA BILLINGS DIVISION

SERGIO VALDEZ-SALAS, CV 20-141-BLG-SPW Plaintiff, Vs. ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE’S FINDINGS MATHESON; STEVEN STECKLER, AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants.

SERGIO VALDEZ-SALAS, CV 20-144-BLG-SPW Plaintiff, VS. MATHESON; MATHESON INC/TRUCKING MATHESON FLIGHT EXTENDERS, Defendants.

The United States Magistrate Judge filed combined Findings and Recommendations for these cases on October 25, 2021. (Doc. 5 in CV 20-141 & ©

Doc. 7 in CV 20-144). The Magistrate recommended that Plaintiff Sergio Valdez- Salas’s cases be dismissed for failure to prosecute. (Doc. 5 at 5; Doc. 7 at 5).

Pursuant to

(b)(1), parties are required to file written objections within 14 days of the filing of the Magistrate’s Findings and Recommendation. No objections were filed. When neither party objects, this Court reviews the Magistrate’s Findings and Recommendation for clear error. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Commodore Bus. Mach., Inc.,

(9th Cir. 1981). Clear error exists if the Court is left with a “definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.” United States v. Syrax,

(9th Cir. 2000). After reviewing the Findings and Recommendation, this Court does not find that the Magistrate committed clear error. IT IS ORDERED that the proposed Findings and Recommendations entered by the United States Magistrate Judge (Doc. 5 in CV 20-141 & Doc. 7 in CV 20- 144) are ADOPTED IN FULL. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff Sergio Valdez-Salas’s cases are dismissed. The Clerk of Court is directed to close this matter and enter judgment pursuant to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Clerk of Court is further directed to have the docket reflect that the Court certifies pursuant to Rule 24(a)(3)(A) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure that any appeal of this decision would not be taken in good faith. The record makes plain that Plaintiff has failed to prosecute these matters and/or comply with the Court’s orders.

wee DATED this 43 day of November, 2021.

Lecco FP beet □ SUSAN P. WATTERS United States District Judge