Anthony Mills v. Arlene Bluth

Summary

The United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia adopted a magistrate judge’s recommendation to deny Anthony Mills’s application to proceed without prepayment of fees or costs. Because no objections were filed, the court dismissed the civil action from the docket.

Holdings

1. The district court was not required to review de novo, or under any other standard, the factual or legal conclusions in the portions of the PF&R to which no objections were filed.
2. The court adopted the PF&R, denied the application to proceed without prepayment of fees or costs, and dismissed the civil action from the docket.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the district court was required to conduct de novo review of the magistrate judge's proposed findings and recommendation when no objections were filed.
2. Whether the court should adopt the magistrate judge's recommendation, deny the application to proceed without prepayment of fees or costs, and dismiss the action.

Disposition

dismissed