Hill v. Gregg County Sheriff Office
Hill v. Gregg County Sheriff Office
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS TYLER DIVISION
§ ROCKY DWAYNE HILL, #102088, § § Plaintiff, § § v. § Case No. 6:23-cv-390-JDK-KNM § GREGG COUNTY SHERIFF’S § OFFICE, § § Defendant. § §
ORDER ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE Plaintiff Rocky Dwayne Hill, a former Gregg County Jail inmate proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights lawsuit pursuant to
42 U.S.C. § 1983. The case was referred to United States Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell for findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations for disposition. On July 8, 2024, Judge Mitchell issued a Report recommending that the Court dismiss this case without prejudice for Plaintiff’s failure to comply with a Court order. Docket No. 11. A copy of this Report was sent to Plaintiff at his last-known address. That mailing was returned as undeliverable because Plaintiff is no longer at the facility. Docket No. 12. Plaintiff has not filed objections or otherwise communicated with the Court—including to update his address—in more than ten months. This Court reviews the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge de novo only if a party objects within fourteen days of service of the Report and Recommendation.
28 U.S.C. § 636(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,
79 F.3d 1415, 1430(5th Cir. 1996) (en bane), superseded on other grounds by statute,
28 U.S.C. § 636(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 the legal conclusions to determine whether they are contrary to law. See United States v. Wilson,
864 F.2d 1219, 1221(5th Cir. 1989), cert. denied,
492 U.S. 918(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. 11) as the findings of this Court. It is therefore ORDERED that this case is DISMISSED without prejudice for Plaintiffs failure to comply with an order of the Court.
So ordered and signed on this ) Aug 5, 2024 . JERQMY DJ KERNODEEE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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