Woodfall v. State of Nevada

District Court, D. Nevada

Woodfall v. State of Nevada

Trial Court Opinion

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA

3 Case No.: 2:23-cv-00976-JAD-EJY 4 Michael D. Woodfall,

5 Plaintiff Order Adopting Report & Recommendation 6 and Dismissing Action v. 7 State of Nevada, et al., 8 [ECF No. 12]

9 Defendant 10 11 On June 28, 2023, the court denied plaintiff Michael Woodfall’s in forma pauperis 12 application because he used the wrong form, and Woodfall was given a month to either file the 13 correct form or pay the $402 filing fee.1 The copy of that order mailed to Woodfall was returned 14 as undeliverable.2 So on July 20, 2023, the court issued an order instructing Woodfall to update 15 his address.3 It, too, was returned.4 On August 28, 2023, the magistrate judge directed Woodfall 16 to show cause on why the matter should not be dismissed for failing to comply with the June 17 28th and July 20th orders by September 22, 2023.5 That order was returned as undeliverable 18 also.6 19 When Woodfall did not update his address and filed nothing by that deadline, the 20 magistrate judge entered a report and recommendation that this case be dismissed.7 Woodfall 21 had 14 days to object, and he neither filed objections nor moved to extend the deadline to do so. 22 23 1 ECF No. 3. 24 2 ECF No. 5; ECF No. 6. 25 3 ECF No. 7. 4 ECF No. 8; ECF No. 9. 26 5 ECF No. 10. 27 6 ECF No. 11. 28 7 ECF No. 12. 1 || “[N]o review is required of a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation unless objections 2 filed.”® Having reviewed the R&R, I find good cause to adopt it, and I do. 3 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation 4 || [ECF No. 12] is ADOPTED in its entirety. This action is DISMISSED without prejudice, and 5 || the Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE THIS CASE. 6 q CY 7 ‘ss = 7 J EO Dorse 8 October 24, 202 9 10 1] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 a7, 28 8 Schmidt v. Johnstone,

263 F. Supp. 2d 1219, 1226

(D. Ariz. 2003); see also Thomas v. Arn,

474 U.S. 140, 150

(1985); United States v. Reyna-Tapia,

328 F.3d 1114, 1121

(9th Cir. 2003).

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