Phillip Reeves v. Nurse Collins and Nurse Evans

Summary

The court adopts the magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation after Plaintiff failed to file objections. The action is dismissed without prejudice and without issuance and service of process.

Holdings

1. When no timely objection is filed, the district court need only review the report and recommendation for clear error on the face of the record, rather than conduct a de novo review.
2. The court adopted the Report and Recommendation and dismissed the matter without prejudice and without issuance and service of process.

Questions Presented

1. What standard of review applies when a party fails to object to a magistrate judge's report and recommendation?
2. Whether the magistrate judge's recommendation to dismiss the action without prejudice and without issuance and service of process should be adopted.

Disposition

dismissed