Goldmann v. Sherburne County Sheriffs Department
- Katherine Menendez
- 0:21-cv-02530
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
- 2
In Goldmann v. Sherburne County Sheriffs Department, Judge Menendez accepted a recommendation and dismissed seven plaintiffs’ claims without prejudice for failing to prosecute or respond.
Cory Davis, Randall Ayou, Edgar Cisneros, Mohamed Farah, Chris Rajkaran, Chad Sumner, and Roger Sodetku had their claims dismissed from the action without prejudice.
What happened
In Goldmann v. Sherburne County Sheriffs Department, a magistrate judge recommended dismissing the claims of Cory Davis, Randall Ayou, Edgar Cisneros, Mohamed Farah, Chris Rajkaran, Chad Sumner, and Roger Sodetku. The recommendation said they had failed to prosecute their claims and had not responded to an order requiring them to explain why their claims should not be dismissed.
No one filed an objection by the September 22, 2023 deadline. Because there were no objections, the court reviewed the recommendation for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake, and found none.
Judge Katherine M. Menendez accepted the recommendation and dismissed the seven plaintiffs’ claims from the action without prejudice. The order does not decide the underlying legal claims.
The detailed version
- Goldmann v. Sherburne County Sheriffs Department · No. 0:21-cv-02530
- Katherine Menendez
- Oct. 20, 2023
Background
The court considered a Report and Recommendation from United States Magistrate Judge Dulce J. Foster. The recommendation stated that Plaintiffs Cory Davis, Randall Ayou, Edgar Cisneros, Mohamed Farah, Chris Rajkaran, Chad Sumner, and Roger Sodetku should be dismissed from the action without prejudice because they failed to prosecute their claims and failed to respond to the court’s August 24, 2023 Order to Show Cause.
Review of the Recommendation
The deadline for objections was September 22, 2023, and no objections were filed. When no specific objection is made, the court reviews the recommendation for clear error—an obvious mistake in the record or reasoning. The court stated that it reviewed the record and found no error, clear or otherwise.
Disposition
The court accepted the Report and Recommendation. It dismissed the claims brought by Cory Davis, Randall Ayou, Edgar Cisneros, Mohamed Farah, Chris Rajkaran, Chad Sumner, and Roger Sodetku from the action without prejudice. The opinion does not decide the merits of those claims, and it does not state what claims remain in the action.
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