Opinion
Case No. 6:19-CV-3-JDK-JDL
05-20-2020
GREGORY WALKER, #1661270, Plaintiff, v. BRYAN COLLIER, et al., Defendants.
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
This case was referred to United States Magistrate Judge John D. Love pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636. On March 31, 2020, the Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation (Docket No. 108) recommending that Defendant Texas Department of Criminal Justice be dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1). A return receipt indicating delivery to Plaintiff was received by the Clerk on April 13, 2020 (Docket No. 113).
This Court reviews the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge de novo only if a party objects within fourteen days of service of the Report and Recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). In conducting a de novo review, the Court examines the entire record and makes an independent assessment under the law. Douglass v. United Servs. Auto. Ass'n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1430 (5th Cir. 1996) (en banc), superseded on other grounds by statute, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (extending the time to file objections from ten to fourteen days). Here, Plaintiff did not file objections in the prescribed period. The Court therefore reviews the Magistrate Judge's findings for clear error or abuse of discretion and reviews his legal conclusions to determine whether they are contrary to law. See United States v. Wilson, 864 F.2d 1219, 1221 (5th Cir. 1989), cert. denied, 492 U.S. 918 (1989) (holding that, if no objections to a Magistrate Judge's Report are filed, the standard of review is "clearly erroneous, abuse of discretion and contrary to law").
Having reviewed the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendations, the Court finds no clear error or abuse of discretion and no conclusions contrary to law. The Court therefore adopts the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge (Docket No. 108) as the findings of this Court.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge's Report (Docket No. 108) be ADOPTED and that Defendant Texas Department of Criminal Justice be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1)).
So ORDERED and SIGNED this 20th day of May, 2020.
/s/_________
JEREMY D. KERNODLE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE