Lahmann v. Barclays Bank Delaware
- Laura Provinzino
- 0:24-cv-04289
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
- 2
In Lahmann v. Barclays Bank Delaware, Judge Provinzino dismissed Experian without prejudice because service was not proven.
Experian Information Solutions, Inc. was dismissed without prejudice. The opinion does not state what happened to the claims against the other defendants.
What happened
In Lahmann v. Barclays Bank Delaware, the court considered a magistrate judge’s recommendation to dismiss Experian Information Solutions, Inc. The recommendation said Aaron Lahmann had not shown that he served Experian with the required papers or otherwise followed an earlier court order.
No one filed an objection to the recommendation within the allowed time. The court therefore reviewed it for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake.
Finding no clear error, Judge Laura M. Provinzino adopted the recommendation and dismissed Experian Information Solutions, Inc. without prejudice. The opinion does not state what happened to the claims against the other defendants.
The detailed version
- Lahmann v. Barclays Bank Delaware · No. 0:24-cv-04289
- Laura M. Provinzino
- May 30, 2025
Background
The court reviewed a report and recommendation from United States Magistrate Judge Leo I. Brisbois. The recommendation proposed dismissing Experian Information Solutions, Inc. because Plaintiff Aaron Lahmann had not provided proof that he served Experian with a summons or complaint or otherwise complied with the court’s March 12, 2025 Order.
Review of the Recommendation
No objections were filed within the permitted period. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b), the court reviewed the recommendation for clear error. Clear-error review asks whether the recommendation contains an obvious mistake.
Ruling
The court found no clear error and adopted the report and recommendation. It ordered that Experian Information Solutions, Inc. be dismissed without prejudice. The opinion does not state what happened to the claims against Barclays Bank Delaware or Equifax Information Services, LLC.
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