Chakevia Roberts v. Jennifer Broton, Warden

Summary

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama adopts a magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation and dismisses Chakevia Roberts’s 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas petition without prejudice for failure to prosecute. The court notes that Roberts did not file objections within the permitted period and reviews the unchallenged recommendation for clear error.

Holdings

1. When no specific objections are filed, the district court reviews the unchallenged portions of a magistrate judge's report and recommendation for clear error.
2. The magistrate judge's recommendation to dismiss the habeas action for failure to prosecute was accepted and adopted, and the action was dismissed without prejudice.

Questions Presented

1. What standard of review applies when a party does not object to a magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation?
2. Whether the Report and Recommendation recommending dismissal of Roberts's § 2241 petition for failure to prosecute should be adopted and the action dismissed without prejudice.

Disposition

dismissed