Jideofor v. Home Depot USA Inc
- Jerry Blackwell
- 0:23-cv-00118
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
- 2
In Jideofor v. Home Depot USA Inc, Judge Blackwell accepted the recommendation and dismissed state-law claims without prejudice and Communications Decency Act claims with prejudice.
Okwuchukwu Jideofor’s Minnesota-law fraud and negligence claims were dismissed without prejudice, while his claims under 47 U.S.C. § 230 were dismissed with prejudice. Home Depot USA Inc and Home Depot are the named defendants.
What happened
In Okwuchukwu Jideofor v. Home Depot USA Inc and Home Depot, the court reviewed a magistrate judge’s recommendation because no objections were filed. The recommendation concerned dismissal of claims in Jideofor’s complaint.
The court found no clear error and accepted the recommendation. It dismissed Jideofor’s fraud and negligence claims under Minnesota law without prejudice, meaning those claims were not barred from being filed again on that basis.
The court dismissed Jideofor’s claims under the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § 230, with prejudice. Judge Jerry W. Blackwell signed the order on April 24, 2023.
The detailed version
- Jideofor v. Home Depot USA Inc · No. 0:23-cv-00118
- Jerry W. Blackwell
- Apr. 24, 2023
Background
The court considered a Report and Recommendation issued by United States Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright on March 27, 2023. No party filed timely objections. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b), the court therefore reviewed the recommendation for clear error.
Ruling
The court found no clear error and accepted the Report and Recommendation.
The complaint was dismissed without prejudice to the extent it asserted fraud and negligence claims under Minnesota law. The complaint was dismissed with prejudice to the extent it asserted claims under 47 U.S.C. § 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
The opinion does not explain the Report and Recommendation’s underlying reasoning for these dismissals.
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