Court, Explained
U.S. Federal District Courts
Back to docket
D. Minn.Procedural orderFiled Jan. 5, 2023

Tandoh v. Virginia Police Dept

Judge
Wilhelmina Wright
Docket
0:22-cv-01981
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Tandoh v. Virginia Police Dept, Judge Wright dismissed Aaron Tandoh’s complaint without prejudice for failure to prosecute.

Who this affects

Aaron Tandoh’s complaint was dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute; the opinion does not describe the underlying claims or their effect on the defendants.

What happened

In Tandoh v. Virginia Police Dept, the court considered a magistrate judge’s recommendation concerning Aaron Tandoh’s complaint. No party filed objections.

The court reviewed the recommendation for clear error and found none. It adopted the recommendation.

The court dismissed Tandoh’s complaint without prejudice for failure to prosecute. Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright ordered that judgment be entered.

The detailed version

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

Case
Tandoh v. Virginia Police Dept · No. 0:22-cv-01981
Judge
Wilhelmina Wright
Date
Jan. 5, 2023

Background

Aaron Tandoh brought this case against Virginia Police Dept, Edina Police, Barack Obama, and Brooklyn Center Police. The opinion does not describe the claims in the complaint.

United States Magistrate Judge Leo I. Brisbois issued a September 28, 2022 Report and Recommendation concerning the case. No objections were filed.

Court’s Analysis

Because no timely objections were filed, the district court reviewed the Report and Recommendation for clear error. Clear-error review asks whether the recommendation contains an obvious mistake. The court reviewed the recommendation and found no clear error.

Ruling

The court adopted the September 28, 2022 Report and Recommendation. It dismissed Aaron Tandoh’s complaint without prejudice for failure to prosecute and ordered that judgment be entered. The opinion does not address the merits of the underlying claims.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

Open opinion PDF →
Summary written with AI assistance. See how summaries are made. Spot something wrong? Tell us.