IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS TYLER DIVISION

JOHN DAVID KENNEMER, § § Plaintiff, § § v. § Case No. 6:21-cv-266-JDK-KNM § UTMB MEDICAL, et al., § § Defendants. §

ORDER ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Plaintiff John David Kennemer filed this civil rights lawsuit pursuant to

while he was a prisoner of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The case was referred to United States Magistrate K. Nicole Mitchell, for findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations for the disposition of the case. On March 28, 2022, Judge Mitchell issued a Report recommending that Plaintiff’s civil rights lawsuit be dismissed for failure to prosecute because Plaintiff had failed to prosecute his case and to keep the Court informed of his current address. Docket No. 37. A copy of this Report was mailed to Plaintiff’s last known address, but he did not file written objections to the Report. This Court reviews the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge de novo only if a party objects within fourteen days of the Report and Recommendation.

(b)(1). In conducting a de novo review, the Court examines the entire record and makes an independent assessment under the law. Douglass v. United Servs. Auto. Ass’n,

(5th Cir. 1996) (en banc), superseded on other grounds by statute,

(b)(1) (extending the time to file objections from ten to fourteen days). Here, Plaintiff did not object in the prescribed period. The Court therefore reviews the Magistrate Judge’s findings for clear error or abuse of discretion and reviews her legal conclusions to determine whether they are contrary to law. See United States v. Wilson,

(Sth Cir. 1989), cert. denied,

(1989) (holding that, if no objections to a Magistrate Judge’s Report are filed, the standard of review is “clearly erroneous, abuse of discretion and contrary to law.”). Having reviewed the Magistrate Judge’s Report and the record in this case, the Court finds no clear error or abuse of discretion and no conclusions contrary to law. Accordingly, the Court hereby ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge (Docket No. 7) as the findings of this Court. It is therefore ORDERED that Defendants’ motion to dismiss (Docket No. 32) is GRANTED, and this case is DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to prosecute. All pending motions are DENIED as MOOT. So ORDERED and SIGNED this 9th = day of May, 2022. ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE