McCourt v. Carnahan
- Eric Tostrud
- 0:20-cv-01116
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
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McCourt v. Carnahan: Judge Tostrud accepted the recommendation and dismissed McCourt’s complaint without prejudice.
Noah McCourt’s complaint was dismissed without prejudice; the opinion does not state the specific claims or explain the underlying basis for dismissal.
What happened
In McCourt v. Carnahan, the District of Minnesota considered a magistrate judge’s recommendation concerning Noah McCourt’s complaint against Jennifer Carnahan and the Minnesota Republican Party of Minnesota.
No party objected to the recommendation. The court reviewed it for clear error and found none, but the opinion does not explain the recommendation’s underlying reasoning.
Judge Tostrud accepted the recommendation and ordered that McCourt’s complaint be dismissed without prejudice, meaning the opinion did not bar refiling. Judgment was ordered accordingly.
The detailed version
- McCourt v. Carnahan · No. 0:20-cv-01116
- Eric Tostrud
- Aug. 24, 2020
Background
Magistrate Judge Becky R. Thorson issued a Report and Recommendation on August 5, 2020. The opinion does not describe the claims in Noah McCourt’s complaint or the recommendation’s reasoning.
Review of the Recommendation
No party objected to the Report and Recommendation. The court therefore reviewed it for clear error, meaning it looked for an obvious mistake in the recommendation. The court found no clear error.
Ruling
Judge Eric C. Tostrud accepted the Report and Recommendation. The court dismissed McCourt’s complaint without prejudice and ordered judgment to be entered. The opinion does not state the basis for the dismissal beyond accepting the recommendation.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.