Lucas v. Elgan ( 2024 )

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 DARYLL LUCAS, 4 Plaintiff, Case No. 2:23-cv-01688-ART-BNW 5 v. ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND 6 LACINDA ELGAN, et al., RECOMMENDATION 7 Defendants. 8 9 Mr. Lucas brings this case against Defendants Lucinda Elgan and Mark 10 Rutledge asserting claims under 42 U.S.C. §1983 for denial of access to courts 11 and violation of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act. Before the Court are 12 Mr. Lucas’s motion for preliminary injunction (ECF Nos. 4, 5), motion for 13 summary judgment (ECF No. 6), and motion for judgment (ECF No. 8). Also before 14 the Court is Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler’s report and recommendation 15 (R&R) recommending denial of each of the above motions. (ECF No. 14.) 16 Magistrate judges are empowered to issue reports and recommendations 17 on dispositive issues, which district judges may “accept, reject, or modify, in 18 whole or in part.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). Where, as here, neither party objects 19 to a magistrate judge's recommendation, the district court is not required to 20 perform any review of that judge's conclusions. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 21 150 (1985). 22 Judge Weksler recommends denial of Mr. Lucas’s preliminary injunction 23 motion because Mr. Lucas has failed to satisfy the four-factor test for issuance 24 or preliminary injunctions identified in Winter v. Natural Resources Defense 25 Council, Inc. 555 U.S. 7, 20 (2008); (ECF No. 14 at 4-5). Judge Weksler 26 recommends denial of Mr. Lucas’s motions for judgment and summary judgment 27 because, at the time Mr. Lucas filed those motions, Defendants had not entered 28 an appearance and had no chance to defend. (ECF No. 14 at 5.) Mr. Lucas has 1 || not objected to Judge Weksler’s R&R, and his time to do so has now expired. (Id. 2 || at 7.) 3 The Court agrees with Judge Weksler’s reasoning and adopts her R&R in 4 || full. 5 It is therefore ordered that Judge Weksler’s report and recommendation 6 || (ECF No. 14) is adopted in full. 7 It is further ordered that Plaintiff Daryll Lucas’s motion for preliminary 8 || injunction (ECF Nos. 4, 5) is denied. 9 It is further ordered that Mr. Lucas’s motion for summary judgment (ECF 10 || No. 6) is denied. 11 It is further ordered that Mr. Lucas’s motion for judgment (ECF No. 8) is 12 || denied. 13 14 Dated this 20 day of August 2024. 15 16 17 Ans pod den 18 ANNE R. TRAUM 19 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28