Woods v. State of Minnesota Corporate Courts
- Eric Tostrud
- 0:23-cv-01544
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
- 2
In Woods v. State of Minnesota Corporate Courts, Judge Tostrud accepted the recommendation, denied moot fee-waiver applications, and dismissed the case without prejudice.
Alan Woods's case was dismissed without prejudice, and his applications to proceed without paying filing fees were denied as moot. The order does not state the underlying basis for dismissal.
What happened
In Woods v. State of Minnesota Corporate Courts, Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright recommended a result on May 30, 2023. No party objected, so the court reviewed the recommendation for clear error. The order says an amended petition and another fee-waiver application did not change the recommendation's reasoning.
The court accepted the recommendation, denied Alan Woods's applications to proceed without paying filing fees as moot, and dismissed the case without prejudice. The order does not state the recommendation's underlying reasoning or why the case was dismissed.
Judge Eric C. Tostrud entered the order on July 13, 2023, and directed that judgment be entered.
The detailed version
- Woods v. State of Minnesota Corporate Courts · No. 0:23-cv-01544
- Eric Tostrud
- July 13, 2023
Background
Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright issued a Report and Recommendation on May 30, 2023. No party objected. The district court therefore reviewed the recommendation for clear error, meaning it looked for an obvious mistake. The court also noted that, after the recommendation was filed, it received an amended petition and another application to proceed without paying filing fees. The court said those filings were not sufficiently different from the originals and that the recommendation's reasoning still applied.
Rulings
The court found no clear error and ordered three things:
- It accepted the Report and Recommendation.
- It denied Alan Woods's applications to proceed without paying filing fees as moot.
- It dismissed the case without prejudice, meaning the order does not state that refiling is barred.
The order does not include the Report and Recommendation's reasoning or identify the basis for dismissal. It also does not describe the merits of the petition.
Judge
United States District Judge Eric C. Tostrud signed the order on July 13, 2023, and directed that judgment be entered.
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