Jones v. Harborview Medical Center

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 10 CORTEZ DAUNDRE JONES, CASE NO. C23-1186JLR 11 Plaintiff, ORDER v. HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER, et al., Defendants.

Before the court is pro se Plaintiff Cortez Daundre Jones’s objections to Magistrate Judge Michelle L. Petersen’s report and recommendation recommending that the court deny Mr. Jones’s motion for leave to in forma pauperis (“IFP”). (Obj. (Dkt. # 7); see IFP Mot. (Dkt. # 1); R&R (Dkt. # 3).) Plaintiffs are not entitled to submit written objections to a Magistrate Judge’s report and recommendation that IFP status should be denied. Minetti v. Port of Seattle, 152 F.3d 1113, 1114 (9th Cir. 1998).

Accordingly, in its August 15, 2023 order adopting Magistrate Judge Peterson’s report and recommendation, the court stated that it would “not afford Mr. Jones an opportunity to object to the instant report and recommendation.” (8/15/23 Order (Dkt. # 4) at 1-2 n.1.) The court therefore DIRECTS the Clerk to strike Mr. Jones’s objections to Magistrate Judge Petersen’s report and recommendation (Dkt. # 7). The court reminds Mr. Jones that his case will be dismissed if he fails to pay the filing fee by September 14, 2023. (See 8/15/23 Order at 2.)

7 Dated this 30th day of August, 2023.

A 10 JAMES L. ROBART United States District Judge