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D. Minn.Procedural orderFiled Aug. 31, 2018

Liu v. Duke

Judge
Wilhelmina Wright
Docket
0:17-cv-05144
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureMotion to Dismiss
In one sentence

In Liu v. Duke, Judge Wright adopted the magistrate judge’s recommendation, granted the dismissal motion, and dismissed Liu’s complaint.

Who this affects

Xing Liu, Elaine Duke, and Jeff Sessions.

What happened

In Liu v. Duke, the court reviewed a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation because no party objected. The court used a clear-error review, which asks whether the recommendation contains an obvious mistake.

The court found no clear error and adopted the report and recommendation. It granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss and dismissed Xing Liu’s complaint.

Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright ordered that judgment be entered. The opinion does not state the reasons for dismissal or whether the dismissal allows the complaint to be filed again.

The detailed version

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

Case
Liu v. Duke · No. 0:17-cv-05144
Judge
Wilhelmina Wright
Date
Aug. 31, 2018

Background

The court considered the July 12, 2018 report and recommendation prepared by United States Magistrate Judge Tony N. Leung. No objections had been filed.

Court’s analysis

Because there were no objections, the court reviewed the report and recommendation for clear error under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b). The court stated that it had reviewed the report and recommendation and found no clear error.

Ruling

The court adopted the report and recommendation, granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss, and dismissed Xing Liu’s complaint. The court ordered that judgment be entered accordingly. The opinion does not explain the grounds for dismissal or state whether the dismissal was with or without prejudice.

The authoritative version

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