1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA THOMAS W. CURTIS, Case No.: 2:20-cv-02133-APG-DJA 4 Plaintiff Order Accepting Report and Recommendation v. [ECF No. 3] THE HUGHES CORPORATION, 7 Defendant 8 On December 17, 2020, Magistrate Judge Albregts recommended that I dismiss plaintiff Thomas Curtis’s complaint with prejudice because the complaint is frivolous. ECF No. 3. He also recommends that I deny as moot Curtis’s application to proceed in forma pauperis. Id. Curtis did not object. Thus, I am not obligated to conduct a de novo review of the report and recommendation.

(b)(1) (requiring district courts to “make a de novo 13}| determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings to which objection is 14|| made”); United States v. Reyna-Tapia,

(9th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (“the 15}| district judge must review the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations de novo if 16}| objection is made, but not otherwise” (emphasis in original)). 17 I THEREFORE ORDER that Magistrate Judge Albregts’ report and recommendation (ECF No. 3) is accepted, plaintiff Thomas Curtis’s complaint (ECF No. 1-1) is DISMISSED, and application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 1) is DENIED as moot. The clerk of 20]| court is instructed to close this case. 21 DATED this 8th day of January, 2021. 22 OIE 3 ANDREWP.GORDON. SS UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE