Joyce v. Abbott

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS ABILENE DIVISION ROBERT DAMIAN JOYCE, Plaintiff, Vv. No. 1:20-CV-145-H-BU STATE OF TEXAS, et al., Defendants.

ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE United States Magistrate Judge John R. Parker made Findings, Conclusions, and a Recommendation (FCR) in this case on December 2, 2020. Dkt. No. 19. Judge Parker recommended that the Court deny Robert Damian Joyce’s two motions to certify a class action. Dkt. Nos. 5, 16; Id. at 7. No objections to the FCR were filed.’ The District Court has therefore reviewed the proposed FCR for clear error. Finding none, the Court accepts the FCR of the United States Magistrate Judge. Accordingly, Joyce’s motions to certify a class action are denied.

So ordered on February 2021.

JAMES WESLEY HENDRIX TED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Where no specific objections are filed within the 14-day period, the Court reviews the Magistrate Judge’s findings, conclusions, and recommendations only for clear error. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3); see also Wilson v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., No. 3:12-CV-1063-B, 2013 WL 1880770, at *1 (N.D. Tex. May 6, 2013).