Jenkins v. Kellar Williams Group One, Inc.
Jenkins v. Kellar Williams Group One, Inc.
Trial Court Opinion
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3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA
5 * * * 6 HAROLD JENKINS, et al., Case No. 3:22-cv-00156-MMD-CLB
7 Plaintiffs, ORDER v. 8 KELLAR WILLIAMS GROUP 9 ONE, INC., et al.,
10 Defendants. 11 12 Pro se Plaintiffs Harold Jenkins and Jennifer Provencher bring this action against 13 Defendants Kellar Williams Group One, Inc., Renton Yu, Kellar Williams, and Soo-Young 14 Yu. (ECF No. 1-1). Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) of United 15 States Magistrate Judge Carla L. Baldwin (ECF No. 5), recommending the Court grant 16 Jenkins’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 4 (“IFP Application”)), and 17 dismiss the Complaint (ECF No. 1-1) without prejudice. Plaintiffs had until May 16, 2022, 18 to file an objection. To date, no objection to the R&R has been filed. For this reason, and 19 as explained below, the Court adopts the R&R, and will grant the IFP Application and 20 dismiss the action without prejudice. 21 The Court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or 22 recommendations made by the magistrate judge.”
28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Where a party 23 fails to object to a magistrate judge’s recommendation, the Court is not required to 24 conduct “any review at all . . . of any issue that is not the subject of an objection.” Thomas 25 v. Arn,
474 U.S. 140, 149(1985); see also United States v. Reyna-Tapia,
328 F.3d 1114, 26 1116 (9th Cir. 2003) (“De novo review of the magistrate judges’ findings and 27 recommendations is required if, but only if, one or both parties file objections to the 1 || Committee Notes (1983) (providing that the Court “need only satisfy itself that there is no 2 || clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation.”). 3 Because there is no objection, the Court need not conduct de novo review, and is 4 || satisfied Judge Baldwin did not clearly err. To start, the Court finds that Judge Baldwin 5 || correctly concluded that Jenkins’s IFP Application shows he is unable to pay the filing 6 || fee. (ECF Nos. 4, 5 at 1-2.) See
28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1); Lopez v. Smith,
203 F.3d 1122, 7 || 1129 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc). Next, Judge Baldwin correctly found that the Complaint 8 || should be dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. (ECF No. 5 Q || at 4-6.) The Court does not have federal question jurisdiction over the case since Plaintiffs 10 || only assert state law claims in the Complaint, or diversity jurisdiction since Plaintiffs and 11 Defendants are all citizens of Nevada. (ECF No. 1-1.) See
28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1332; 12 || Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams,
482 U.S. 386, 392(1987). Because the Court does not have 13 || original jurisdiction, the Court will not exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the state- 14 || law claims. See
28 U.S.C. § 1367. The Court therefore agrees with Judge Baldwin and 15 || will grant the IFP Application and dismiss the case. 16 It is therefore ordered that Judge Baldwin’s Report and Recommendation (ECF 17 || No. 5) is accepted and adopted in full. 18 It is further ordered that Jenkins’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF 19 || No. 4) is granted. 20 It is further ordered that this action is dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject 21 || matter jurisdiction. 22 The Clerk of Court is directed to file the Complaint (ECF No. 1-1). 23 The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment accordingly and close this case. 24 DATED THIS 23" Day of May 2022. 25 _ 26 A Sf Lo 27 MIRANDA M. DU 38 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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