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D. Minn.Substantive rulingFiled Jan. 9, 2020

Stone v. Jesson

Judge
Elizabeth Cowan Wright
Docket
0:11-cv-00951
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
1
Summary JudgmentCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Stone v. Jesson, Judge Wright adopted the recommendation and granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment.

Who this affects

Charles Richard Stone and the defendants named in the case were affected. The opinion does not identify the claims or explain the underlying dispute.

What happened

In Stone v. Jesson, the court reviewed a magistrate judge’s recommendation after no party filed objections. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the recommendation’s analysis.

The court reviewed the recommendation for clear error and found none. It adopted the recommendation.

Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment and ordered that judgment be entered.

The detailed version

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

Case
Stone v. Jesson · No. 0:11-cv-00951
Judge
Elizabeth Cowan Wright
Date
Jan. 9, 2020

Background

The opinion concerns a December 3, 2019 report and recommendation by United States Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer. The provided opinion does not state the factual allegations, claims, or legal analysis addressed in that recommendation.

Court’s review

No objections were filed within the permitted time. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b), the court therefore reviewed the recommendation for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake. The court found no clear error.

Ruling

Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright adopted the report and recommendation. The court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment and ordered that judgment be entered accordingly.

The authoritative version

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