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D. Minn.Procedural orderFiled Mar. 30, 2021

Mobin v. Hennepin County Jail

Judge
Paul Magnuson
Docket
0:21-cv-00180
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
2
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Mobin v. Hennepin County Jail, Judge Magnuson adopted an unobjected-to recommendation, dismissed the complaint without prejudice, and denied the fee application as moot.

Who this affects

Javed Mookhtar Mobin’s complaint against Hennepin County Jail was dismissed without prejudice. His application to proceed without prepaying fees or costs was denied as moot.

What happened

In Mobin v. Hennepin County Jail, Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright recommended dismissing Javed Mookhtar Mobin’s complaint without prejudice and denying his application to proceed without prepaying fees as moot. Mobin did not object before the deadline.

Because there were no objections, the court reviewed the recommendation for clear error. It found no error and adopted the recommendation.

Judge Paul A. Magnuson ordered that the complaint be dismissed without prejudice and that Mobin’s application to proceed without prepaying fees or costs be denied as moot.

The detailed version

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

Case
Mobin v. Hennepin County Jail · No. 0:21-cv-00180
Judge
Paul Magnuson
Date
Mar. 30, 2021

Background

The court considered a report and recommendation from United States Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright. The recommendation advised dismissing Javed Mookhtar Mobin’s complaint without prejudice and denying his application to proceed in district court without prepaying fees as moot. Mobin did not file objections, and the deadline for doing so had passed.

Review of the Recommendation

When a party does not object to a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, the district court reviews it for clear error. The court reviewed the recommendation and found no error, including no clear error, in the magistrate judge’s reasoning.

Ruling

The court adopted the report and recommendation, dismissed the complaint without prejudice, and denied Mobin’s application to proceed in district court without prepaying fees or costs as moot. The opinion does not state the underlying reason for dismissing the complaint.

The authoritative version

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