Opinion
2:21-cv-02211-APG-NJK
04-21-2022
MICHAEL V. LUJAN, Plaintiff v. I.R.S. DEPT. OF THE TREASURY, Defendant
ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND DISMISSING CASE [ECF NO. 4]
ANDREW P. GORDON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
On March 30, 2022, Magistrate Judge Youchah recommended that I dismiss this case without prejudice because plaintiff Michael Lujan did not pay the filing fee or file an application to proceed in forma pauperis by the given deadline. ECF No. 4. Lujan did not object. Thus, I am not obligated to conduct a de novo review of the report and recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (requiring district courts to “make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings to which objection is made”); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (“the district judge must review the magistrate judge's findings and recommendations de novo if objection is made, but not otherwise” (emphasis in original)).
I THEREFORE ORDER that Magistrate Judge Youchah's report and recommendation (ECF No. 4) is accepted and this case is dismissed without prejudice. The clerk of court is instructed to close this case.