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D. Minn.Procedural orderFiled June 22, 2023

Zoch v. Rardin

Judge
Paul Magnuson
Docket
0:23-cv-00669
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
2
HabeasCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Zoch v. Rardin, Judge Magnuson adopted the magistrate judge’s recommendation, denied Zoch’s habeas petition, and dismissed the matter.

Who this affects

The order directly affected petitioner Darwin Lee Zoch and respondent Jarid Rardin, identified as Warden of Rochester FMC.

What happened

In Zoch v. Rardin, the court reviewed a magistrate judge’s recommendation concerning Darwin Lee Zoch’s petition challenging his detention through a request for habeas relief.

Zoch did not object to the recommendation before the deadline. The court therefore reviewed it for clear error and found none.

Judge Paul A. Magnuson adopted the recommendation, denied the petition, and dismissed the matter. The order directed that judgment be entered.

The detailed version

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

Case
Zoch v. Rardin · No. 0:23-cv-00669
Judge
Paul Magnuson
Date
June 22, 2023

Background

Darwin Lee Zoch filed a petition requesting habeas relief against Jarid Rardin, identified as Warden of Rochester FMC. The matter came before the district court on a Report and Recommendation issued by United States Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko on May 25, 2023. The recommendation advised denying the petition and dismissing the matter.

Review of the Recommendation

Zoch did not file objections, and the deadline for doing so had passed. When no specific objections are filed, the district court reviews the recommendation for clear error rather than conducting a full de novo review. After reviewing the recommendation, the court stated that it found no error, clear or otherwise, in the magistrate judge’s reasoning. The opinion does not describe the underlying basis for the petition or explain the merits of Zoch’s claims.

Ruling

Judge Paul A. Magnuson ordered that the Report and Recommendation be adopted, the petition for habeas relief be denied, and the matter be dismissed. The court also directed that judgment be entered accordingly.

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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