1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3) MICHAEL STEVENS, Case No.: 2:24-cv-00344-APG-EJY 4 Plaintiff Order Accepting Report and Recommendation, and Dismissing Case v. [ECF No. 4] BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES, 7 Defendant 8 On May 7, 2024, Magistrate Judge Youchah recommended that I dismiss this case 9|| without prejudice because plaintiff Michael Stevens did not pay the filing fee or file a complete application to proceed in forma pauperis by the given deadline. ECF No. 4. Stevens did not object. Thus, I am not obligated to conduct a de novo review of the report and recommendation. U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (requiring district courts to “make a de novo determination of those 13} portions of the report or specified proposed findings to which objection is made”); United States Reyna-Tapia,

(9th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (“the district judge must review 15}|the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations de novo if objection is made, but not 16} otherwise” (emphasis in original)). 17 I THEREFORE ORDER that Magistrate Judge Youchah’s report and recommendation (ECF No. 4) is accepted, and this case is dismissed without prejudice. The clerk of court is instructed to close this case. 20 DATED this 24th day of May, 2024. 21 OIE ANDREWP.GORDON. SS 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE