Braun v. Maslankowski
- Jeffrey Bryan
- 0:23-cv-01784
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
- 2
In Braun v. Maslankowski, Judge Bryan dismissed Braun’s case without prejudice for failure to prosecute after adopting the magistrate judge’s recommendation.
Nathan Christopher Braun and the defendants named in the caption; the case was dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute.
What happened
Braun v. Maslankowski involved Nathan Christopher Braun’s complaint under a federal civil-rights law against the listed defendants. A magistrate judge recommended dismissing the complaint without prejudice because Braun failed to prosecute the case.
Braun did not object to the recommendation before the deadline. The court therefore reviewed it for clear error and found none.
Judge Jeffrey M. Bryan adopted the recommendation and dismissed the case without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to prosecute.
The detailed version
- Braun v. Maslankowski · No. 0:23-cv-01784
- Jeffrey M. Bryan
- May 9, 2024
Background
Nathan Christopher Braun brought a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a federal law allowing certain civil-rights claims, against the defendants listed in the caption. The matter came before the court on a Report and Recommendation issued by United States Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko on February 22, 2024.
Recommendation and Review
The magistrate judge recommended that Braun’s complaint be dismissed without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to prosecute. Braun did not file objections, and the deadline for doing so had passed. Because there were no timely objections, the district court reviewed the recommendation for clear error.
Ruling
The court found no clear error, adopted the Report and Recommendation, and dismissed the matter without prejudice under Rule 41(b) for failure to prosecute. The court directed that judgment be entered accordingly.
Scope of the Opinion
The opinion does not describe the underlying allegations or explain the specific conduct that led to the failure-to-prosecute dismissal.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.