1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA BRITTNEY YOUNE ARIEL, Case No.: 2:24-cv-01625-APG-BNW 4 Plaintiff Order Accepting Report and Recommendation and Dismissing Case v. [ECF No. 4] STATE OF NEVADA, et al., 7 Defendants 8 On January 2, 2025, Magistrate Judge Weksler recommended that I dismiss this case 9] without prejudice because plaintiff Brittney Ariel did not pay the filing fee or complete an 10}| application to proceed in forma pauperis by the given deadline. ECF No. 4. Ariel did not object. 11} Thus, I am not obligated to conduct a de novo review of the report and recommendation. 28 121U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (requiring district courts to “make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings to which objection is made”); United States v. 14] Reyna-Tapia,

(9th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (“the district judge must review the 15}| 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 Weksler’s report and recommendation (ECF No. 4) is accepted, and plaintiff Brittney Ariel’s complaint (ECF No. 1-1) is dismissed without prejudice. The clerk of court is instructed to close this case. 20 DATED this 23rd day of January, 2025. 21 ? ANDREWP.GORDON. 3 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE