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D. Minn.Procedural orderFiled July 24, 2020

Beacham v. Planet Home Lending

Judge
Wilhelmina Wright
Docket
0:20-cv-00727
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Beacham v. Planet Home Lending, Judge Wright adopted the recommendation, denied Beacham’s fee-waiver application, and dismissed the case without prejudice.

Who this affects

Cortez Beacham’s application to proceed without paying the filing fee was denied, and his case against Planet Home Lending and the other defendants was dismissed without prejudice.

What happened

Cortez Beacham sued Planet Home Lending and other defendants in federal court. The court considered a magistrate judge’s recommendation concerning Beacham’s request to proceed without paying the filing fee.

No one filed objections to the recommendation. Because there were no objections, the court reviewed it only for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake, and found none.

The court adopted the recommendation, denied Beacham’s application to proceed without paying the filing fee, and dismissed the case without prejudice, meaning the dismissal did not bar refiling. Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright entered the order.

The detailed version

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Case
Beacham v. Planet Home Lending · No. 0:20-cv-00727
Judge
Wilhelmina Wright
Date
July 24, 2020

Background

Cortez Beacham brought this matter against Planet Home Lending and other defendants. The court considered Beacham’s application to proceed without paying the filing fee, a request commonly called proceeding in forma pauperis. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims.

Report and Recommendation

United States Magistrate Judge Leo I. Brisbois issued a Report and Recommendation on April 24, 2020. No objections were filed. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b), when no timely objections are made, the district court reviews the recommendation for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake. The court reviewed the recommendation and found no clear error.

Ruling

The court adopted the April 24, 2020 Report and Recommendation, denied Beacham’s application to proceed without paying the filing fee, and dismissed the matter without prejudice. The opinion does not explain the basis for the dismissal. Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright ordered that judgment be entered.

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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