Morganfield v. Rios
- Wilhelmina Wright
- 0:17-cv-00304
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
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In Morganfield v. Rios, Judge Wright denied Morganfield’s detention challenge and dismissed the action without prejudice after adopting a magistrate judge’s recommendation.
Anthony Morganfield’s petition was denied and his action was dismissed without prejudice; Warden M. Rios and the Federal Bureau of Prisons were the respondents.
What happened
In Morganfield v. Rios, Anthony Morganfield filed a petition under a federal law allowing challenges to custody. The magistrate judge recommended resolving the petition, but the opinion does not state the recommendation’s reasoning.
No objections were filed, so the court reviewed the recommendation for clear error. It found no clear error, adopted the recommendation, denied Morganfield’s petition, and dismissed the action without prejudice.
Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright entered the order on November 20, 2018. The order does not explain the underlying basis for denying the petition beyond adopting the recommendation.
The detailed version
- Morganfield v. Rios · No. 0:17-cv-00304
- Wilhelmina Wright
- Nov. 20, 2018
Background
Anthony Morganfield filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The respondents were Warden M. Rios and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Magistrate Judge Franklin L. Noel issued a Report and Recommendation on August 28, 2018.
Review of the Recommendation
No objections were filed to the Report and Recommendation. Under the applicable rule, Judge Wright therefore reviewed it for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake. The court found no clear error.
Ruling
The court adopted the Report and Recommendation, denied Morganfield’s petition, and dismissed the action without prejudice. The opinion does not provide the Report and Recommendation’s reasoning or explain the underlying basis for denying the petition.
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