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D. Minn.Procedural orderFiled Sept. 28, 2021

Twyman v. Birkholz

Judge
Wilhelmina Wright
Docket
0:21-cv-01793
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Twyman v. Birkholz, Judge Wright dismissed the action without prejudice for failure to prosecute after adopting an unopposed recommendation.

Who this affects

Kevin Twyman's action was dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute. The respondents were B. Birkholz and Michael Carvajal.

What happened

Kevin Twyman brought this action against B. Birkholz and Michael Carvajal. The magistrate judge recommended dismissing it because Twyman had failed to prosecute the case.

No one objected to the recommendation. The court therefore reviewed it for clear error and found none.

In Twyman v. Birkholz, Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright adopted the recommendation and dismissed the action without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to prosecute. The court directed that judgment be entered.

The detailed version

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

Case
Twyman v. Birkholz · No. 0:21-cv-01793
Judge
Wilhelmina Wright
Date
Sept. 28, 2021

Background

Kevin Twyman was the petitioner, and B. Birkholz and Michael Carvajal were the respondents. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims.

Report and recommendation

United States Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright issued a September 1, 2021 report and recommendation recommending that the action be dismissed without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to prosecute. No objections were filed.

Court’s review and ruling

Because no timely objections were filed, Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright reviewed the recommendation for clear error. The court found no clear error, adopted the report and recommendation, and dismissed the action without prejudice under Rule 41(b) for failure to prosecute. The court also directed that judgment be entered.

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