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D. Minn.Substantive rulingFiled July 15, 2025

Bahtuoh v. White

Judge
Nancy Brasel
Docket
0:24-cv-00541
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
2
Summary JudgmentCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Bahtuoh v. White, Judge Brasel accepted the report, granted defendants’ summary-judgment motion, and dismissed the action with prejudice.

Who this affects

Plaintiffs Christopher Dineaa Bahtuoh and Derrick Dasean Holliday’s action was dismissed with prejudice after the court granted defendants Jeffrey White and Kathryn Halvorson’s motion for summary judgment.

What happened

In Bahtuoh v. White, the court reviewed a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation concerning the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. The opinion does not describe the plaintiffs’ claims or the underlying facts.

No party objected to the report, so the court reviewed it for clear error. The court found no clear error and accepted the report and recommendation.

Judge Nancy E. Brasel granted Jeffrey White and Kathryn Halvorson’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed the action with prejudice. The court ordered that judgment be entered.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Bahtuoh v. White · No. 0:24-cv-00541
Judge
Nancy Brasel
Date
July 15, 2025

Background

The court received a May 21, 2025, report and recommendation from United States Magistrate Judge Dulce J. Foster. The opinion does not state what claims the plaintiffs brought or describe the facts underlying the dispute.

Review of the Report

No party objected to the report and recommendation. Under the applicable procedure, the district court therefore reviewed it for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake. The court found no clear error.

Ruling

The court accepted the report and recommendation. It granted defendants Jeffrey White and Kathryn Halvorson’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed the action with prejudice. The court directed that judgment be entered.

The authoritative version

Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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