Goldmann v. Sherburne County Sheriffs Department

Background

The order concerns a Report and Recommendation issued by United States Magistrate Judge Dulce Foster on May 31, 2024. The recommendation addressed the class-action claims in the plaintiffs’ amended complaint. The opinion does not describe the underlying allegations or explain the recommendation’s reasoning in detail.

Review of the Recommendation

No objections were filed within the permitted time. Under the court’s stated procedure, the absence of specific objections meant that the district court reviewed the recommendation for clear error rather than conducting a fresh review of disputed portions. The court stated that it had carefully reviewed the recommendation and the record and found no error, clear or otherwise.

Ruling

Judge Katherine M. Menendez accepted the Report and Recommendation. The court dismissed the class-action claims without prejudice and struck them from the amended complaint. The order specifically identified paragraphs 33, 48 through 60, and 137(A), as well as the references to this case as a class action in the caption and paragraphs 1 and 2. The order did not state that the entire case or any non-class claims were dismissed.