Laughlin v. Stuart
- Eric Tostrud
- 0:19-cv-02547
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
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In Laughlin v. Stuart, Judge Tostrud accepted the report and recommendation and denied the plaintiffs’ motion for injunctive relief.
The plaintiffs’ request for injunctive relief was denied; the order also accepted Magistrate Judge Leung’s Report and Recommendation.
What happened
Laughlin v. Stuart involved plaintiffs Malik Laughlin, Kenneth Lewis, and Michael Hari and several Anoka County law-enforcement defendants. The opinion concerns a motion for injunctive relief.
Magistrate Judge Tony N. Leung issued a report and recommendation on May 12, 2021. No party objected, so the district court reviewed the recommendation for clear error.
Judge Eric C. Tostrud found no clear error, accepted the report and recommendation, and denied the motion for injunctive relief. The court directed that judgment be entered accordingly.
The detailed version
- Laughlin v. Stuart · No. 0:19-cv-02547
- Eric Tostrud
- June 9, 2021
Background
Malik Laughlin, Kenneth Lewis, and Michael Hari sued James Stuart, identified in the caption as Sheriff of Anoka County, and other Anoka County deputy-sheriff defendants. The order addresses the plaintiffs’ Motion for Injunction Relief, docket entry 288.
Report and Recommendation
Magistrate Judge Tony N. Leung issued a Report and Recommendation on May 12, 2021. No party objected to it. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b), the district court therefore reviewed the recommendation for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake in the magistrate judge’s recommendation.
Ruling
Judge Eric C. Tostrud found no clear error. The court accepted the Report and Recommendation and denied the Motion for Injunction Relief. The order directed that judgment be entered accordingly. The opinion does not describe the requested injunction or explain the underlying reasons for denying it beyond the court’s finding that the Report and Recommendation contained no clear error.
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