Jacobs v. Discovery ID Media Co
- Jerry Blackwell
- 0:23-cv-00222
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
- 2
In Jacobs v. Discovery ID Media Co, U.S. District Judge Blackwell accepted the recommendation, dismissed the complaint without prejudice, and denied the fee application as moot.
Anderson Lee Jacobs’s complaint was dismissed without prejudice, and his application to proceed without prepaying fees or costs was denied as moot. The opinion does not explain the underlying claims or the dismissal’s reasons.
What happened
In Anderson Lee Jacobs v. Discovery ID Media Co, Polk Co WI Sheriff Dept, Brent Waak, Polk Co WI Sheriff, and Mark Biller, the district court reviewed a magistrate judge’s recommendation after no timely objections were filed.
The court reviewed the recommendation for clear error and found none. The opinion provided here does not explain the claims or the recommendation’s reasons for dismissing the complaint.
Judge Jerry W. Blackwell accepted the recommendation, dismissed the complaint without prejudice, denied the application to proceed without prepaying fees or costs as moot, and directed entry of judgment.
The detailed version
- Jacobs v. Discovery ID Media Co · No. 0:23-cv-00222
- Jerry W. Blackwell
- May 8, 2023
Background
Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright issued a Report and Recommendation on March 31, 2023. No party filed timely objections. The opinion does not describe the claims in the complaint or the reasons given in the recommendation.
Court’s analysis
Because there were no timely objections, the district court reviewed the recommendation for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake. The court stated that it found no clear error.
Ruling
The court accepted the March 31, 2023 Report and Recommendation. It dismissed Anderson Lee Jacobs’s complaint without prejudice. It also denied Jacobs’s application to proceed in district court without prepaying fees or costs as moot. The court directed that judgment be entered.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.