Donna Heywood v. Herbert I. Horwitz, et al.

Summary

The District Court of the Virgin Islands adopts a magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation recommending dismissal of Donna Heywood’s complaint. The complaint is dismissed without prejudice for failure to timely and properly serve the defendants, and the Clerk is directed to close the case.

Holdings

1. After conducting a de novo review and independently finding no error, the District Court may approve and adopt the magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation as an order of the court.
2. The complaint was dismissed without prejudice for failure to timely and properly serve the defendants.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the District Court should adopt the magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation after conducting de novo review.
2. Whether the complaint should be dismissed without prejudice for failure to timely and properly serve the defendants.

Disposition

dismissed