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D. Minn.Procedural orderFiled Jan. 10, 2023

Henny v. Starr

Judge
Wilhelmina Wright
Docket
0:22-cv-01996
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
2
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Henny v. Starr, Judge Wright adopted the recommendation, dismissed Henny’s complaint without prejudice, and denied her fee-waiver request as moot.

Who this affects

Kimberly Ann Henny’s complaint and motion to proceed without paying filing fees were affected. The defendants were Mistelle Starr, McIntosh, and Andre Mousetavian, as identified in the caption.

What happened

In Henny v. Starr, the court reviewed a magistrate judge’s recommendation because no party filed objections. The opinion says the court found no clear error.

The court adopted the recommendation and dismissed Kimberly Ann Henny’s complaint without prejudice, meaning the order did not bar refiling. The opinion does not state the recommendation’s underlying reasons.

Judge Wright also denied Henny’s request to proceed without paying filing fees as moot, meaning the court considered that request no longer requiring a ruling. Judgment was ordered entered.

The detailed version

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

Case
Henny v. Starr · No. 0:22-cv-01996
Judge
Wilhelmina Wright
Date
Jan. 10, 2023

Background

Kimberly Ann Henny sued Mistelle Starr, identified as the warden of FCI Waseca; McIntosh, identified as an associate warden of FCI Waseca; and Andre Mousetavian, identified as a regional director for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The opinion addresses a November 8, 2022 report and recommendation issued by United States Magistrate Judge John Docherty.

Court’s Review

No objections to the report and recommendation were filed. The court therefore reviewed it for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake. After reviewing the recommendation and the case materials, the court found no clear error. The opinion provided does not include the recommendation’s underlying analysis or explain the basis for dismissing the complaint.

Ruling

The court adopted the November 8, 2022 report and recommendation. It dismissed Henny’s complaint without prejudice. It also denied Henny’s motion to proceed without paying filing fees as moot, meaning the court treated that request as no longer requiring a decision. The court ordered judgment entered.

The authoritative version

Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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