Guerrero v. Lingren

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer

Civil Action No. 20-cv-01657-PAB-NRN

ALEJANDRO GUERRERO,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROL LINGREN, FREE, Prison Guard, and UNKNOWN PRISON GUARD,

Defendants. _____________________________________________________________________

ORDER ACCEPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S RECOMMENDATION _____________________________________________________________________

This matter is before the Court on the Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter filed on August 12, 2021 [Docket No. 68]. The Recommendation states that objections to the Recommendation must be filed within fourteen days after its service on the parties. Docket No. 68 at 18; see also 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). The Recommendation was served on August 12, 2021. No party has objected to the Recommendation. In the absence of an objection, the district court may review a magistrate judge’s recommendation under any standard it deems appropriate. See Summers v. Utah, 927 F.2d 1165, 1167 (10th Cir. 1991); see also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 150 (1985) (“It does not appear that Congress intended to require district court review of a magistrate’s factual or legal conclusions, under a de novo or any other standard, when neither party objects to those findings.”). In this matter, the Court has reviewed the Recommendation to satisfy itself that there is “no clear error on the face of the record.”1 Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), Advisory Committee Notes. Based on this review, the Court has concluded that the Recommendation is a correct application of the facts and the law. Accordingly, it is ORDERED as follows:

1. The Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter [Docket No. 68] is ACCEPTED; 2. Defendant Lindgren’s Motion for Summary Judgment [Docket No. 55] is GRANTED; 3. Defendant Lindgren’s Motion to Dismiss [Docket No. 52] is DENIED AS MOOT; 4. Plaintiff’s claim against defendant Carol Lindgren is DISMISSED without prejudice; 5. Defendant Carol Lindgren is dismissed as a party to this case.

DATED November 3, 2021.

BY THE COURT:

____________________________ PHILIP A. BRIMMER Chief United States District Judge

1This standard of review is something less than a “clearly erroneous or contrary to law” standard of review, Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a), which in turn is less than a de novo review. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b).