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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN NOBLES,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 07cv1231 WQH (RBB)

ORDER

vs.

U.S. CUSTOMS; DOES 1-3,

Defendants.

HAYES, Judge:

The matters before the Court are (1) the Amended Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 7); and

(2) the review of the Report and Recommendation (Doc. # 10) filed on July 15, 2008 by

Magistrate Judge Ruben B. Brooks. 

Background

On March 28, 2007, Plaintiff John Nobles, a federal prisoner, initiated this action by 

filing a Complaint in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego (Doc. # 1). On

July 6, 2007, Defendants removed the Complaint to federal court. The Complaint alleges

that Plaintiff is permanently disabled and disfigured because an unnamed United States

Customs agent denied him medical care while he was in custody. 

On February 26, 2008, Defendants filed the Amended Motion to Dismiss. Plaintiff

did not file an opposition to the Amended Motion to Dismiss. 

On July 15, 2008, United States Magistrate Judge Ruben B. Brooks issued a Report

and Recommendation (“R&R”) recommending that this Court grant the Amended Motion

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 The docket reflects that on July 29, 2008, notice of the R&R was returned as undeliverable

and that no forwarding address was provided (Doc. # 11). However, notice of the R&R was delivered

by mail to the address indicated on the docket as Plaintiff’s address. Plaintiff has not notified the

Court of any change of address.

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to Dismiss and dismiss this action without prejudice. Plaintiff has not filed any objections

to the R&R.1

Standard of Review

The duties of the district court in connection with a Report and Recommendation of

a Magistrate Judge are set forth in Rule 72(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and

28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). When the parties object to a Report and Recommendation, “[a]

judge of the [district] court shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the

[Report and Recommendation] to which objection is made.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); see

Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149-50 (1985). When no objections are filed, the district

court need not review the Report and Recommendation de novo. Wang v. Masaitis, 416

F.3d 992, 1000 n. 13 (9th Cir. 2005); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114,

1121-22 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc). A district court may “accept, reject, or modify, in whole

or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” Fed. R. Civ. P.

72(b); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).

Ruling of the Court

Neither party filed objections to the Report and Recommendation. The Court has

reviewed all aspects of the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge filed on

July 15, 2008, and adopts all portions of the R&R. The R&R correctly concluded that

Plaintiff failed, without good cause, to effectuate proper service on Defendants. The R&R

also correctly concluded that the circumstances required for an extension of time are

absent. 

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that all portions of the Report and Recommendation

(Doc. # 10) are ADOPTED. The Amended Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 7) is GRANTED. 

The above-captioned action is DISMISSED without prejudice. 

DATED: August 29, 2008

WILLIAM Q. HAYES

United States District Judge

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