STEPHEN SPARKS v. ANDRE STANCIL, Director, CDOC, CHARLES WYNTER, Sergeant, CHRISTIE GROKETT, Supervisor Nurse III, JOHN DOE, and JANE DOE

• Court: District Court, D. Colorado
• Decided: October 23, 2025
• Docket: 1:24-cv-02810
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

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

Civil Action No. 24-cv-02810-PAB-STV

STEPHEN SPARKS,

Plaintiff, v.

ANDRE STANCIL, Director, CDOC, CHARLES WYNTER, Sergeant, CHRISTIE GROKETT, Supervisor Nurse III, JOHN DOE, and JANE DOE,

Defendants.

ORDER ACCEPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S RECOMMENDATION

This matter is before the Court on the Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge [Docket No. 39]. The Recommendation states that objections to the Recommendation must be filed within fourteen days after its service on the parties. Docket No. 39 at 28 n.9; see also 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). The Recommendation was served on September 24, 2025. 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 that the Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge [Docket No. 39] is ACCEPTED. It is further

ORDERED that defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint [Docket No. 20] is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. It is further ORDERED that plaintiff’s claim one is dismissed against defendant Christie Grokett. It is further ORDERED that plaintiff’s claims two, three, and four are dismissed in their entirety. It is further ORDERED that defendants Andre Stancil and Christie Grokett are dismissed from this case. DATED October 23, 2025.

BY THE COURT:

s/ Philip A. Brimmer PHILIP A. BRIMMER Chief United States District Judge

1 This 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). 2