Hughes v. FCI Waseca
- Eric Tostrud
- 0:24-cv-03045
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
- 2
In Hughes v. FCI Waseca, Judge Tostrud dismissed the complaint without prejudice for failure to prosecute after accepting the magistrate judge’s recommendation.
Lerin Hughes’s complaint was dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute. The order did not decide the merits of the claims against the defendants.
What happened
In Lerin Hughes v. FCI Waseca, the magistrate judge issued a report and recommendation on September 4, 2024. The opinion does not describe the complaint’s underlying claims.
No party objected to the recommendation, so the court reviewed it for clear error. The court found no clear error in the recommendation.
Judge Eric C. Tostrud accepted the recommendation and dismissed Hughes’s complaint without prejudice for failure to prosecute under Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
The detailed version
- Hughes v. FCI Waseca · No. 0:24-cv-03045
- Eric Tostrud
- Oct. 2, 2024
Background
Lerin Hughes sued FCI Waseca and the other listed defendants. The opinion does not describe the claims in the complaint or the conduct underlying the lawsuit. Magistrate Judge John F. Docherty issued a Report and Recommendation on September 4, 2024.
Review of the Recommendation
No party objected to the Report and Recommendation. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b), the court therefore reviewed it for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake in the magistrate judge’s decision. The court found no clear error.
Ruling
Judge Eric C. Tostrud accepted the Report and Recommendation. The court dismissed Hughes’s complaint without prejudice for failure to prosecute under Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The order directed that judgment be entered accordingly. The opinion does not address the merits of Hughes’s claims.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.