Jimenez v. Grand Sierra Resort

• Court: District Court, D. Nevada
• Decided: May 6, 2020
• Docket: 3:20-cv-00045
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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6 SAMUEL A. JIMENEZ, Case No. 3:20-cv-00045-MMD-CLB

7 Plaintiff, ORDER v. 8 GRAND SIERRA RESORT, et al., 9 Defendants. 10 11 Plaintiff has filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Grand 12 Sierra Resort and several of its employees for wrongfully apprehending and attacking him. 13 (ECF No. 5 at 3.) Before the Court is Magistrate Judge Carla L. Baldwin's Report and 14 Recommendation ("R&R") (id.), recommending that Plaintiff's in forma pauperis (“IFP”) 15 (ECF No. 1) be granted, his Complaint (ECF No. 1-1) be dismissed with prejudice, and his 16 pending motions (ECF Nos. 3, 4) be denied as moot.1 Plaintiff had until May 1, 2020 to file 17 objections to the R&R. (See ECF No. 5 at 5.) To date, no objections have been filed. For 18 the reasons explained below, the Court will adopt the R&R in full. 19 This Court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or 20 recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Where a party 21 fails to object, however, the Court is not required to conduct “any review at all . . . of any 22 issue that is not the subject of an objection.” Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985); 23 see also United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114 (9th Cir. 2003) (“De novo review of 24 25 1The copy of the R&R that was sent to Plaintiff was returned as undeliverable (ECF 26 No. 6), but Plaintiff has an ongoing obligation to apprise the Court of his address. See LR IA 3-1 (“An attorney or pro se party must immediately file with the court written notification 27 of any change of mailing address, email address, telephone number, or facsimile number. The notification must include proof of service on each opposing party or the party's 28 attorney. Failure to comply with this rule may result in the dismissal of the action, entry of default judgment, or other sanctions as deemed appropriate by the court.”). 1 || the magistrate judges’ findings and recommendations is required if, but only if, one or both 2 || parties file objections to the findings and recommendations.”); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72, Advisory 3 || Committee Notes (1983) (providing that the court “need only satisfy itself that there is no 4 || clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation’). 5 The Court finds it unnecessary to engage in de novo review to determine whether 6 || to adopt Judge Baldwin’s R&R and is satisfied that there is no clear error. Judge Baldwin 7 || found that Plaintiff cannot pay the filing fee and therefore recommended that this Court 8 || grant Plaintiff's IFP application. (ECF No. 5 at 2.) Furthermore, Judge Baldwin found that 9 || Plaintiff failed to state a colorable claim against Defendants who are private parties and 10 || who Plaintiff has not alleged conspired or entered joint action with a state actor. (/d. at 4- 11 5 (citing to West v. Atkins, 487 U.S. 42, 49 (1988); Price v. Hawaii, 939 F.2d 702, 707-08 12 || (9th Cir. 1991); Franklin v. Fox, 312 F.3d 423, 441 (9th Cir.2002).) The Court agrees with 13 || Judge Baldwin. 14 It is therefore ordered that the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge 15 || Baldwin (ECF No. 5) is accepted and adopted in full. 16 It is further ordered that Plaintiff's motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis 17 || (ECF No. 1) is granted. 18 It is further ordered that the Clerk of the Court file the Complaint (ECF No. 1-1). 19 It is further ordered that the Complaint (ECF No. 1-1) is dismissed with prejudice. 20 It is further ordered that Plaintiff's remaining motions (ECF Nos. 3, 4) are denied as 21 |} moot. 22 The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment in accordance with this order and 23 || close this case. 24 DATED THIS 6" day of May 2020. 25 L . ee MIRANDA M. DU 27 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 28