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D. Minn.Procedural orderFiled July 26, 2022

Weston v. Coughlin

Judge
Wilhelmina Wright
Docket
0:22-cv-01464
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Weston v. Coughlin, Judge Wright adopted the report, dismissed the action without prejudice, and denied Anthony Weston’s fee-waiver request as moot.

Who this affects

Anthony Weston’s action was dismissed without prejudice. His application to proceed without paying filing fees was denied as moot. The opinion does not describe any separate relief affecting Paul Coughlin.

What happened

In Weston v. Coughlin, the court reviewed a magistrate judge’s June 8, 2022 report and recommendation. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the report’s reasoning.

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

Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright adopted the report, dismissed the action without prejudice, and denied Anthony Weston’s application to proceed without paying filing fees as moot. The order entered judgment accordingly.

The detailed version

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Case
Weston v. Coughlin · No. 0:22-cv-01464
Judge
Wilhelmina Wright
Date
July 26, 2022

Background

The court considered the June 8, 2022 report and recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Leo I. Brisbois. The opinion does not provide the underlying claims or explain the recommendation’s reasoning.

Review of the Report

Neither party filed objections to the report and recommendation. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b), the court reviewed the report for clear error because no timely objections were filed. The court found no clear error after reviewing the report and the case record.

Ruling

The court adopted the June 8, 2022 report and recommendation. It dismissed the action without prejudice, meaning the order did not bar refiling based on the language provided. The court also denied Anthony Weston’s application to proceed without paying filing fees as moot. The court directed that judgment be entered.

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