Platt v. Petrie
- Paul Magnuson
- 0:20-cv-02159
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
- 2
In Platt v. Petrie, Judge Magnuson dismissed Brian Platt’s complaint without prejudice and denied his request to proceed without paying filing fees.
Brian Platt’s complaint was dismissed without prejudice, and his application to proceed without paying the filing fee was denied. Tony Petrie was the respondent.
What happened
In Platt v. Petrie, Brian Platt objected to a magistrate judge’s recommendation that his case be dismissed. The court treated Platt’s letter as an objection, but found that it did not identify any specific error.
The court agreed that Platt’s claims were barred by Heck v. Humphrey and that his complaint did not state a valid claim. It therefore adopted the recommendation.
Judge Paul A. Magnuson dismissed the complaint without prejudice and denied Platt’s application to proceed without paying the filing fee.
The detailed version
- Platt v. Petrie · No. 0:20-cv-02159
- Paul Magnuson
- Feb. 2, 2021
Background
Brian Platt filed a complaint against Tony Petrie and applied to proceed without paying the filing fee. United States Magistrate Judge David T. Schultz recommended dismissing the case without prejudice because the complaint did not state a claim for relief.
Objection and analysis
Platt submitted a letter that the court treated as an objection to the magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation. The court said the letter did not identify any specific objection or explain why the recommendation’s conclusion—that Platt’s claims were barred by Heck v. Humphrey—was clearly erroneous. The court also agreed that the recommendation explained deficiencies in Platt’s pleading and that Platt had not corrected them sufficiently to state a valid claim.
Ruling
The court adopted the Report and Recommendation. It dismissed the complaint without prejudice and denied Platt’s application to proceed without paying the filing fee. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims in detail.
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