Estate of Marc Douglass Duncan v. Wallowa County Sheriff's Department ( 2021 )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON ESTATE OF MARC DOUGLASS Case No. 2:19-cv-02017-SU DUNCAN and ROBERT J. DUNCAN, Executor and Father of the Deceased, ORDER Plaintiffs, v. WALLOWA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, a County law enforcement agency; WALLOWA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, a County government agency; OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, a government agency; OREGON DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, a government agency; SHELLEY A. GOODMAN, mother of the deceased, in her individual capacity; JANE AND JOHN DOES 1–13, in their individual and/or official capacities; LEIGH BEDNAR, in her individual capacity; THERESA FISHER, in her individual capacity; MANDY DECKER, in her individual capacity; and WALLOWA COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES, a county government agency, Defendants. IMMERGUT, District Judge. On January 4, 2021, Magistrate Judge Patricia Sullivan issued her Findings and Recommendation (F&R). ECF 56. The F&R recommends this Court enter final judgment and dismiss without prejudice and without further leave to amend all claims not previously dismissed with prejudice in this Court’s November 19, 2020, Order, ECF 54. No party has filed objections. DISCUSSION Under the Federal Magistrates Act (“Act”), as amended, the court may “accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). If a party objects to a magistrate judge’s F&R, “the court shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.” Id. But the court is not required to review, de novo or under any other standard, the factual or legal conclusions of the F&R to which no objections are addressed. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149–50 (1985); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc). Nevertheless, the Act “does not preclude further review by the district judge, sua sponte” whether de novo or under another standard. Thomas, 474 U.S. at 154. No party having filed objections, this Court has reviewed the F&R and accepts Judge Sullivan’s conclusions. The F&R, ECF 56, is adopted in full. All claims not previously dismissed with prejudice in this Court’s November 19, 2020, Order, ECF 54, are DISMISSED without prejudice and without further leave to amend. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED this 28th day of January, 2021. /s/ Karin J. Immergut Karin J. Immergut United States District Judge