Adams v. Thompson
- Wilhelmina Wright
- 0:22-cv-03047
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
- 2
In Adams v. Thompson, Judge Wright adopted the recommendation, granting both dismissal motions: federal civil-rights claims with prejudice and state-law claims without prejudice.
Oscar Lee Adams’s § 1983 claims were dismissed with prejudice, and his state-law claims were dismissed without prejudice, against Hennepin County, the Hennepin County Court Administrator Office, Kathleen A. Loomis, and Mark Thompson.
What happened
In Adams v. Thompson, the court reviewed a magistrate judge’s recommendation because no party filed objections. The court found no clear error in that recommendation.
The court granted Hennepin County’s motion to dismiss and also granted the motion filed by the Hennepin County Court Administrator Office, Kathleen A. Loomis, and Mark Thompson. In both rulings, Oscar Lee Adams’s civil-rights claims under federal law were dismissed with prejudice, while his state-law claims were dismissed without prejudice.
Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright adopted the recommendation and ordered that judgment be entered accordingly.
The detailed version
- Adams v. Thompson · No. 0:22-cv-03047
- Wilhelmina Wright
- July 26, 2023
Background
The court considered a July 5, 2023 report and recommendation from United States Magistrate Judge John F. Docherty. No objections were filed, so the district court reviewed the recommendation for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake apparent from the record. The court found no clear error.
Rulings
The court adopted the report and recommendation and ruled on two motions to dismiss:
- Hennepin County’s motion to dismiss was granted. Adams’s claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a federal civil-rights statute, were dismissed with prejudice. His state-law claims were dismissed without prejudice. - The motion to dismiss filed by the Hennepin County Court Administrator Office, Kathleen A. Loomis, and Mark Thompson was granted. Adams’s § 1983 claims against those defendants were dismissed with prejudice, and his state-law claims were dismissed without prejudice.
A dismissal with prejudice bars refiling the dismissed claim; a dismissal without prejudice does not. The court ordered that judgment be entered accordingly.
Disposition
This was a procedural order resolving motions to dismiss rather than a decision on the underlying merits of the claims. Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright adopted the recommendation and granted both motions as specified above.
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