Opinion
Case No. 2:15-cv-85
02-12-2015
David A. Joseph, Sr., et al., Plaintiff, v. Christie Hampton, et al., Defendants.
OPINION AND ORDER
Magistrate Judge King issued a report and recommendation ("R&R") in this pro se prisoner civil rights case in which Plaintiff David A. Joseph, Sr. purports to represent a class of plaintiffs. R&R, ECF No. 4. The R&R concluded that Plaintiff David A. Joseph, Sr. cannot represent the other named plaintiffs in this case because parties may not be represented by a non-lawyer in federal judicial proceedings. Id. at 2. The R&R thus recommended dismissing the claims of the other plaintiffs unless, within thirty days, each of those plaintiffs either pays the filing fee or seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis and demonstrates his or her intention to proceed either personally or through counsel. Id.
The R&R notified the parties of their right to object within fourteen days of the issuance of the R&R and specifically advised the parties that a failure to object would result in a waiver of the right to de novo review of the R&R by the undersigned as well as a waiver of the right to appeal the judgment of the Court. Id. at 3. The time for objecting has passed, and no objections were filed. Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS the R&R.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ _________
MICHAEL H. WATSON, JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT