Opinion
1:12-CV-00297-CL
08-15-2012
DENNIS RUSSELL HOOPER, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant.
ORDER
PANNER, J.
Magistrate Judge Mark D. Clarke filed a Report and Recommendation, and the matter is now before this court. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B), Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b). Although no objections have been filed, I review legal principles de novo. See Robbins v. Carey, 481 F.3d 1143, 1147 (9th Cir. 2007).
I agree with Magistrate Judge Clarke that plaintiff's motion for entry of default and for default judgment should be denied because plaintiff has failed to show that defendant has been properly served. I deny plaintiff's motion for appointment of pro bono counsel at this time.
CONCLUSION
Magistrate Judge Clarke's Report and Recommendation (#14) is adopted. Plaintiff's motion for appointment of counsel (#3) and motion for default (#12) are denied.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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OWEN M. PANNER
U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE