Holmes v. County of Ramsey
- Jerry Blackwell
- 0:24-cv-02879
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
- 2
In Holmes v. County of Ramsey, Judge Blackwell dismissed the action without prejudice under Rule 41(b) for failure to prosecute after accepting the recommendation.
The dismissal ended Stephan Nicholas Holmes’s action at this stage without prejudice and affected the defendants named in the action, including County of Ramsey and the other listed Ramsey County-related defendants.
What happened
In Holmes v. County of Ramsey, the court considered a magistrate judge’s recommendation concerning the plaintiff’s action against Ramsey County-related defendants and other named and unnamed defendants.
No timely objections were filed to the recommendation. The court reviewed it for clear error, found none, and accepted it.
Judge Jerry W. Blackwell dismissed the action without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to prosecute and ordered judgment entered.
The detailed version
- Holmes v. County of Ramsey · No. 0:24-cv-02879
- Jerry W. Blackwell
- Oct. 23, 2024
Background
United States Magistrate Judge Dulce J. Foster issued a Report and Recommendation on September 4, 2024. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or explain the conduct that led to the recommendation beyond identifying failure to prosecute as the basis for dismissal. No timely objections were filed.
Court’s Review
Because no timely objections were filed, the district court reviewed the Report and Recommendation for clear error under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b). The court found no clear error.
Ruling
The court accepted the September 4, 2024 Report and Recommendation. It dismissed the action without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to prosecute and ordered judgment entered. The opinion does not address the merits of the underlying claims.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.