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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

On February 28, 2014, Defendants E. Duarte, M. Carpio, R. Nelson, G. Janda, 

M. Whitman, and M. Vitela filed a motion to dismiss portions ofPlaintiff James Eusse, 

Jr.'s First Amended Complaint. (Docket No. 18.) On April 28, 2014, Plaintiff filed a 

motion for leave to file a second amended complaint. (Docket No. 21.) On June 10, 

2014, Magistrate Judge Nita L. Stormes issued a Report and Recommendation 

recommending the Court grant Plaintiff James Eusse, Jr. 's motion for leave to file a 

second amended complaint and deny Defendants' motion to dismiss as moot. (Docket 

No.23.) Any objections to the Report and Recommendation were due June 24,2014. 

(Jd.) Neither party has filed any objections. For the reasons that follow, the Report and 

Recommendation is ADOPTED. 

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JAMES EUSSE, JR., 

vs. 

Plaintiff, 

MARCO VITELA, et aI., 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 13cv916 BEN (NLS) 

ORDER ADOPTING 

REPORT AND 

RECOMMENDATION 

[Docket Nos. 18,21,23] 

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A district judge "may accept, reject, or modify the recomm~ndeddisposition" of 

a magistrate judge on a dispositive matter. FED. R. CIV. P. 7Z(b )(3); see also 28 U.S.C .. 

§ 636(b)( 1). "The district judge must determine de novo any, part ofthe [report and 

recommendation] that has been properly objected to.", FED. R.'CIV. P. 72(b)(3). 

However, "[t ]he statute makes it clear that the district judge must review the magistrate 

judge's findings and recommendations de novo if objection is made, but not 

otherwise." United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en 

banc) (emphasis in original); see also Wang v. Masaitis, 416 F.3d 992, 1000 n.13 (9th 

Cir. 2005). "Neither the Constitution nor the statute requires a district judge to review, 

lOde novo, findings and recommendations that the parties themselves accept as correct." 

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Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d at 1121. 

In the absence of any objections, the Court fully ADOPTS Judge Stormes' 

Report and Recommendation. Plaintiffs motion for leave to file a second amended 

complaint is GRANTED, and Defendants' motion to dismiss is DENIEDas mo~t. 

Plaintiff shall file his second amended complaint on or before July 25, 2014. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: Jun~ 

2- 13cv916 

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