Moreno v. State of Nevada

Opinion

2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 4 LORENZO MORENO, 5 Plaintiff, Case No. 3:25-CV-00094-ART-CLB 6 v. ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND 7 STATE OF NEVADA, RECOMMENDATION

8 Defendant.

9 10 Before the Court is Plaintiff Lorenzo Moreno’s motion to proceed in forma 11 pauperis (“IFP”) (ECF No. 4) and Magistrate Judge Carla Baldwin’s report and 12 recommendation (R&R) (ECF No. 5). The R&R recommends that the Court dismiss 13 Moreno’s complaint with prejudice and deny his IFP application as moot. 14 Magistrate judges are empowered to issue reports and recommendations 15 on dispositive issues, which district judges may “accept, reject, or modify, in 16 whole or in part.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). Where, as here, neither party objects 17 to a magistrate judge's recommendation, the district court is not required to 18 perform any review of that judge's conclusions. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 19 150 (1985). 20 Judge Baldwin screens Moreno’s complaint and explains that he does not 21 list any claims for relief or provide sufficient information to determine which 22 causes of action he wishes to proceed under. (ECF No. 5 at 3–4.) Judge Baldwin 23 recommends dismissing the complaint without leave to amend because 24 amendment would be futile. (Id. at 4.) Judge Baldwin also recommends that 25 Moreno not be assessed the filing fee. (Id. at 2.) 26 Moreno has not objected to Judge Baldwin’s R&R, and his time to do so 27 has now expired. The Court agrees with Judge Baldwin’s reasoning and adopts 28 her R&R in full. 1 || Conclusion 2 It is therefore ordered that Judge Baldwin’s report and recommendation 3 || (ECF No. 5) is adopted in full. 4 It is further ordered that Plaintiff's complaint (ECF No. 1-1) is dismissed 5 || with prejudice. 6 It is further ordered that Plaintiff's IFP application (ECF No. 4) is denied as 7 || moot. 8 The Clerk of Court is instructed to close this case and enter judgment 9 || accordingly. 10 11 DATED: March 26, 2025 12 13 een Pee Massed 18 ANNER TRAUM 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28