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D. Minn.Substantive rulingFiled July 6, 2020

Baker-Ottem v. Goodhue County

Judge
Wilhelmina Wright
Docket
0:19-cv-00186
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
2
Civil ProcedureMotion to DismissSummary Judgment
In one sentence

In Baker-Ottem v. Goodhue County, Judge Wright adopted the recommendation, granted defendants’ motion, and dismissed the action with prejudice.

Who this affects

The action’s plaintiff, Jesse Daniel Roy Baker-Ottem, and the defendants were affected by the court’s order. The case was dismissed with prejudice, and judgment was ordered.

What happened

In Baker-Ottem v. Goodhue County, the court considered a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation after no party filed objections.

Because there were no timely objections, the court reviewed the recommendation for clear error and found none. It adopted the recommendation.

The court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss and/or for summary judgment and dismissed the action with prejudice. Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright ordered that judgment be entered.

The detailed version

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

Case
Baker-Ottem v. Goodhue County · No. 0:19-cv-00186
Judge
Wilhelmina Wright
Date
July 6, 2020

Background

The order concerns Jesse Daniel Roy Baker-Ottem’s action against Goodhue County and the individual defendants listed in the case caption. The court acted on an April 17, 2020 report and recommendation prepared by United States Magistrate Judge David T. Schultz.

Review of the Recommendation

No objections to the report and recommendation were filed. As a result, the court reviewed it for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake. The court stated that it found no clear error and adopted the report and recommendation.

Ruling

The court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss and/or for summary judgment. It dismissed the action with prejudice and ordered that judgment be entered. The order does not explain the claims, the arguments in the motion, or whether the ruling rested on dismissal, summary judgment, or both.

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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