Alva v. Lew Lewisburg USP

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA JAMES SCOTT ALVA, Case No.: 2:24-cv-00072-APG-DJA 4 Plaintiff Order Accepting Report and Recommendation and Closing Case v. [ECF No. 13] LEW LEWISBURG USP, et al., 7 Defendants 8 On January 27, 2025, Magistrate Judge Albregts recommended that this case be 9|| dismissed without prejudice because plaintiff James Alva did not file a complete application to 10}| proceed in forma pauperis by the given deadline and did not respond to Judge Albregts’ order to cause. ECF No. 13. Alva did not object. Thus, I am not obligated to conduct a de novo 12}|review of the report and recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (requiring district courts to 13}| “make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings to which objection is made”); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (“the district judge must review the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations de novo if objection is made, but not otherwise” (emphasis in original)).

17 I THEREFORE ORDER that Magistrate Judge Albregts’ report and recommendation (ECF No. 13) is accepted, and this case is dismissed without prejudice. The clerk of court is instructed to close this case.

20 DATED this 20th day of February, 2025.

21 OIE ANDREWP.GORDON.

3 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE