Moultrie v. The Bridge Luxury Apartment
Moultrie v. The Bridge Luxury Apartment
Trial Court Opinion
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3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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6 AARON MOULTRIE, et al., Case No. 3:21-cv-00333-MMD-WGC
7 Plaintiffs, ORDER v. 8 THE BRIDGE LUXURY APARTMENT, 9 Defendant. 10 11 Pro se Plaintiffs Aaron Moultrie and Jasmine Montalvo bring this civil rights action 12 against The Bridge Luxury Apartment. (ECF No. 1-1.) Moultrie has also filed an 13 application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 1) and a motion for appointment of 14 counsel (ECF No. 7).1 Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation (“R&R” or 15 “Recommendation”) of United States Magistrate Judge William G. Cobb (ECF No. 16), 16 recommending the Court dismiss the action without prejudice and deny the remaining 17 pending motions as moot. Plaintiffs had until October 22, 2021, to file an objection. To 18 date, no objection to the R&R has been filed. For this reason, and as explained below, 19 the Court adopts the R&R, and will dismiss this action without prejudice. 20 The Court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or 21 recommendations made by the magistrate judge.”
28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Where a party 22 fails to object to a magistrate judge’s recommendation, the Court is not required to 23 conduct “any review at all . . . of any issue that is not the subject of an objection.” Thomas 24 v. Arn,
474 U.S. 140, 149(1985); see also United States v. Reyna-Tapia,
328 F.3d 1114, 25 1116 (9th Cir. 2003) (“De novo review of the magistrate judges’ findings and 26 recommendations is required if, but only if, one or both parties file objections to the 27 1Although Montalvo is a named plaintiff, she did not file a motion to proceed in 28 forma pauperis and it is not facially apparent from the motion for appointment of counsel 1 || findings and recommendations.”) (emphasis in original); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72, Advisory 2 || Committee Notes (1983) (providing that the Court “need only satisfy itself that there is no 3 || clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation.”). 4 Because there is no objection, the Court need not conduct de novo review, and is 5 || satisfied Judge Cobb did not clearly err. Judge Cobb first notes that the Court issued an 6 || order on August 18, 2021, advising Moultrie that he does not appear to be an attorney 7 || licensed to practice in Nevada and therefore he could not initiate a complaint or file an 8 || IFP application on behalf of Montalvo. (ECF No. 8.) The Court gave Plaintiffs 30 days for 9 || Montalvo to submit her own completed IFP application and for Plaintiffs to jointly file a 10 || complaint that is signed by them both, or, alternatively, for Moultrie to submit an amended 11 || complaint that named only himself. (/d.) That time expired, and Plaintiffs took neither 12 || course of action. Accordingly, Judge Cobb recommends that the case be dismissed 13 || without prejudice, and that the pending motions be denied as moot. (ECF No. 16 at 2.) 14 || The Court agrees with Judge Cobb. Having reviewed the R&R and the record in this case, 15 || the Court will adopt the R&R in full. 16 It is therefore ordered that Judge Cobb’s Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 17 || 16) is accepted and adopted in full. 18 It is further ordered that this action is dismissed without prejudice. 19 It is further ordered that Moultrie’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF 20 || No. 1) is denied as moot. 21 It is further ordered that Plaintiffs’ motion for appointment of counsel (ECF No. 7) 22 || is denied as moot. 23 The Clerk of Court is directed to close this case. 24 DATED THIS 26" Day of October 2021. 25 __
27 RANGA □□ 28 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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