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D. Minn.Procedural orderFiled May 13, 2024

Oberhauser v. Garland

Judge
Katherine Menendez
Docket
0:22-cv-02697
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
2
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Oberhauser v. Garland, Judge Menendez dismissed the case without prejudice for failure to prosecute after accepting an unobjected-to recommendation.

Who this affects

The plaintiffs, Daniel Jonathan Oberhauser and the other named plaintiffs, and the defendants, Merrick Garland and the other named defendants, were affected by the dismissal of the matter without prejudice.

What happened

Oberhauser v. Garland concerned an order reviewing a magistrate judge’s recommendation in a case brought by Daniel Jonathan Oberhauser and other plaintiffs against Merrick Garland and other defendants.

No party filed objections to the recommendation. The court therefore reviewed it for clear error and found no error, accepting the recommendation in full.

Judge Katherine M. Menendez ordered that the matter be dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute and directed that judgment be entered.

The detailed version

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

Case
Oberhauser v. Garland · No. 0:22-cv-02697
Judge
Katherine Menendez
Date
May 13, 2024

Background

The matter came before the district court on the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright, dated March 25, 2024. The opinion states that no objections were filed within the permitted period.

Court’s Review

Because no objections were filed, the court reviewed the Report and Recommendation for clear error rather than conducting a new review of the disputed issues. After reviewing the recommendation and the record, the court found no error, clear or otherwise, and accepted the recommendation in full.

Disposition

Judge Katherine M. Menendez ordered that the matter be dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute. The court also directed that judgment be entered accordingly.

The authoritative version

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