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D. Minn.Procedural orderFiled Mar. 9, 2020

Community Partnership Collaborative 2.0 v. Minnesota Department of Health, The

Judge
Eric Tostrud
Docket
0:19-cv-03165
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
1
Civil ProcedurePro Se
In one sentence

In Community Partnership Collaborative 2.0 v. Minnesota Department of Health, Judge Tostrud denied Whitson’s motion to represent the organization without a lawyer and dismissed it without prejudice.

Who this affects

Community Partnership Collaborative 2.0 was dismissed without prejudice, and Shanasha Whitson’s motion to represent the organization without a lawyer was denied.

What happened

Community Partnership Collaborative 2.0 and Shanasha Whitson sued the Minnesota Department of Health and four individuals. Whitson asked to represent the organization without a lawyer.

The court accepted a magistrate judge’s recommendation after no party objected and found no clear error. It denied Whitson’s motion and dismissed Community Partnership Collaborative 2.0 without prejudice.

Judge Eric C. Tostrud issued the order on March 9, 2020. The opinion does not explain the recommendation’s underlying reasons.

The detailed version

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

Case
Community Partnership Collaborative 2.0 v. Minnesota Department of Health, The · No. 0:19-cv-03165
Judge
Eric Tostrud
Date
Mar. 9, 2020

Background

United States Magistrate Judge David T. Schultz issued a Report and Recommendation on February 10, 2020. The opinion does not include the recommendation’s underlying reasoning. No party objected to it.

Court’s analysis

Because there were no objections, the court reviewed the Report and Recommendation for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake. The court found no clear error and accepted the recommendation.

Rulings

The court denied Shanasha Whitson’s motion to proceed without a lawyer on behalf of Community Partnership Collaborative 2.0. It dismissed Community Partnership Collaborative 2.0 without prejudice, meaning the organization was not barred by this order from bringing the matter again. The order does not state a separate disposition for Whitson’s claims.

Judge

Judge Eric C. Tostrud entered the order.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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