Christian v. Frierson ( 2024 )

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA ERIC LEON CHRISTIAN, Case No.: 2:24-cv-00527-APG-MDC 4 Plaintiff Order v. [ECF Nos. 8, 12, 14] 6|| JASON FRIERSON, 7 Defendant 8 On May 21, 2024, Magistrate Judge Couvillier recommended that I dismiss plaintiff Eric Christian’s case because Christian did not file a complaint as ordered and because even if 10} Christian’s ex parte writ of attachment is construed as a complaint, it fails to state a claim. ECF 12. Christian did not object. Instead, he filed a status update and a motion for demand, 12}|neither of which address Judge Couvillier’s report and recommendation. ECF Nos. 13, 14. 13}| Because Christian did not object, I am not obligated to conduct a de novo review of the report and recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (requiring district courts to “make a de novo 15}| determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings to which objection is 16|| made”); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (“the 17|| district judge must review the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations de novo if objection is made, but not otherwise” (emphasis in original)). 19 I THEREFORE ORDER that Magistrate Judge Couvillier’s report and recommendation No. 12) is accepted, all pending motions are denied as moot, and this case is dismissed 21}| without prejudice. The clerk of court is instructed to close this case. 22 DATED this 3rd day of July 2024. 23 G- ANDREW P. GORDON UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE