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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Donnell Thomas, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Wexford Medical, et al., 

Defendants.

No. CV-15-00394-PHX-JJT

ORDER 

 At issue is Magistrate Judge James F. Metcalf’s Report and Recommendation 

(R&R) in this matter filed September 30, 2015 (Doc. 59). The R&R recommends that the 

Court dismiss without prejudice Plaintiff Donnell Thomas’s civil rights complaint for 

failure to prosecute. The R&R clearly advised Plaintiff that he had fourteen days from the 

date of service of a copy of the R&R to file any specific written objections. Fed. R. Civ. 

Pr. 72. Plaintiff filed no objections, and the time to do so is now long past. Plaintiff has 

therefore waived his right to de novo consideration of the issues per United States v. 

Rayna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1141, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003)(en banc), and the Court may adopt the 

R&R based on the waiver. Nonetheless, the Court has conducted a review on the merits 

of the issues involved. It finds that Magistrate Judge Metcalf’s reasoning and analysis are 

correctly applied to the procedural situation. 

 Pursuant to Plaintiff’s motion, the Court directed the Clerk to enter default against 

the remaining Defendant in this matter, and expressly gave Plaintiff fourteen days to 

move for default judgment against her. (Doc. 55). Plaintiff allowed the deadline to pass 

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without so filing for default judgment. The court nonetheless gave Plaintiff an additional 

chance, issuing on September 9, 2015 an Order to Show Cause why the case should not 

be dismissed for failure to prosecute and giving Plaintiff fourteen days to show such 

cause. (Doc. 57). Plaintiff failed to comply with the order. This matter is therefore ripe 

for dismissal. The Court agrees with Judge Metcalf’s analysis that dismissal should be 

without prejudice. 

 IT IS ORDERED dismissing without prejudice Plaintiff’s cause of action in this 

matter and instructing the Clerk to close the matter. 

 Dated this 30th day of November, 2015. 

 

 Honorable John J. Tuchi 

 United States District Judge 

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