Tiffany Hensley v. Benton County Sheriff's Department, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee adopts the magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation concerning Defendant Bethany Wilson’s motion to dismiss and Plaintiff Tiffany Hensley’s requests for preliminary injunctive relief and reissued service. The court grants the motion to dismiss, denies the request for reissued service as moot, denies the preliminary injunction, and directs the clerk to terminate Wilson as a party.

Holdings

1. When no timely objection is filed, the district court need only determine whether there is clear error on the face of the record before accepting the magistrate judge's recommendation.
2. The court adopted the Report and Recommendation in its entirety, granted Bethany Wilson's motion to dismiss, denied as moot Hensley's motion to reissue service on Wilson, denied Hensley's motion for a preliminary injunction, and terminated Wilson as a party.

Questions Presented

1. What standard of review governs a magistrate judge's report and recommendation when no timely objection is filed?
2. Whether to adopt the magistrate judge's recommendation to grant Bethany Wilson's motion to dismiss, deny as moot the motion to reissue service, and deny the motion for a preliminary injunction.

Disposition

other