Summary
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas adopted a magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation after the pro se plaintiff failed to comply with an order requiring a typed complaint with correct contact information. The court dismissed the action with prejudice and directed that a final judgment enter separately.
Holdings
- When no party files objections, the district court may accept the unobjected-to portions of a magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation after determining that no clear error appears on the face of the record; the court adopted the Report and Recommendation here.
- The action was properly dismissed with prejudice after Plaintiff failed to comply with the magistrate judge's order requiring a typed complaint with correct contact information.
Questions Presented
- Whether the district court should adopt the magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation when no party filed objections and no clear error appeared on the face of the record.
- Whether the action should be dismissed with prejudice because Plaintiff failed to comply with the order requiring a typed complaint with correct contact information.
Disposition
dismissed
Cases Cited (3)
- United States v. Wilson, 864 F.2d 1219, 1221 (5th Cir. 1989)(followed)
- Guillory v. PPG Industries, Inc., 434 F.3d 303, 308 (5th Cir. 2005)(followed)
- Douglass v. United Services Automobile Association, 79 F.3d 1415, 1430 (5th Cir. 1996) (en banc)(followed)
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