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Stevens v. Ward, 3:17-cv-00093-MMD-WGC. (2019)

Court: District Court, D. Nevada Number: infdco20190715a04 Visitors: 10
Filed: Jul. 12, 2019
Latest Update: Jul. 12, 2019
Summary: ORDER MIRANDA M. DU , District Judge . Plaintiff Country Stevens, who is in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections ("NDOC"), brings this action under 42 U.S.C. 1983. Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation ("R&R" or "Recommendation") of United States Magistrate Judge William G. Cobb (ECF No. 45), recommending that the Court deny Defendant Dr. David A. Mar's motion for summary judgment ("Motion") (ECF No. 40). Defendant had until July 9, 2019, to file an objection. T
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ORDER

Plaintiff Country Stevens, who is in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections ("NDOC"), brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation ("R&R" or "Recommendation") of United States Magistrate Judge William G. Cobb (ECF No. 45), recommending that the Court deny Defendant Dr. David A. Mar's motion for summary judgment ("Motion") (ECF No. 40). Defendant had until July 9, 2019, to file an objection. To date, no objection to the R&R has been filed. For this reason, and as explained below, the Court adopts the R&R and denies Defendant's Motion.

This 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). Where a party timely objects to a magistrate judge's report and recommendation, then the Court is required to "make a de novo determination of those portions of the [report and recommendation] to which objection is made." Id. Where a party fails to object, however, the court is not required to conduct "any review at all . . . of any issue that is not the subject of an objection." Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985). Indeed, the Ninth Circuit has recognized that a district court is not required to review a magistrate judge's report and recommendation where no objections have been filed. See United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114 (9th Cir. 2003) (disregarding the standard of review employed by the district court when reviewing a report and recommendation to which no objections were made); see also Schmidt v. Johnstone, 263 F.Supp.2d 1219, 1226 (D. Ariz. 2003) (reading the Ninth Circuit's decision in Reyna-Tapia as adopting the view that district courts are not required to review "any issue that is not the subject of an objection."). Thus, if there is no objection to a magistrate judge's recommendation, then the Court may accept the recommendation without review. See, e.g., Johnstone, 263 F. Supp. 2d at 1226 (accepting, without review, a magistrate judge's recommendation to which no objection was filed).

Although Defendant has failed to object to Judge Cobb's recommendation to deny summary judgment, the Court will conduct a de novo review to determine whether to adopt the R&R. The gist of Plaintiff's complaint is that Dr. Mar sexually assaulted him during a purported medical examination. Judge Cobb found that Dr. Mar was not entitled to summary judgment because Plaintiff presented sufficient evidence "to create a genuine dispute of material fact that the exam by Dr. Mar went beyond serving any legitimate purpose." (ECF No. 45 at 7.) Having reviewed the R&R, Defendant's Motion, and the related briefing (ECF Nos. 40, 42, 43, 45), the Court agrees with Judge Cobb.

It is therefore ordered that Judge Cobb's Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 45) is adopted in full.

It is further ordered that Defendant's motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 40) is denied.

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