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Parties Involved:
Cecilia Benabidez
Defendant
Andy Gonzalez
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Andy Gonzalez, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Cecilia Benabidez, 

Defendant. 

No. CV-24-00452-TUC-LCK

REPORT AND 

RECOMMENDATION 

Plaintiff Andy Gonzalez filed a civil Complaint against Defendant Cecilia 

Benabidez. (Doc. 1.) Plaintiff also filed an Application to Proceed Without Prepaying 

Costs. (Doc. 2.) The Court reviewed the application and denied it with leave for Plaintiff 

to refile a new application or pay the filing fee. (Doc. 9 at 1-2.) The Court also dismissed 

Plaintiff’s Complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. (Id. at 3-6.) The Court’s 

dismissal was without prejudice and with leave to amend. (Id. at 4-6.) The Court gave 

Plaintiff until November 22, 2024, to file an amendment and warned him that if he did not 

file an amendment within that deadline, “this case will be subject to dismissal without 

further notice.” (Id. at 6.) 

To date, Plaintiff has not filed a new application to proceed without paying the filing 

fee, paid the filing fee, or filed an amended complaint. Because the filing fee has not been 

paid or waived, and the Court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over the original 

Complaint (which has been dismissed), this case cannot proceed. After being warned of 

the repercussions of not filing an amended pleading, Plaintiff chose not to do so. Therefore, 

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this case should be dismissed without further notice. Because there is not, and absent the 

Defendant’s appearance cannot be, full consent to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction in this 

case, the assigned Magistrate Judge submits a Report and Recommendation to Senior 

District Judge Raner C. Collins. Gen. Ord. 21-25. 

Based on the foregoing, the Magistrate Judge recommends that the District Court 

enter an order dismissing this case without prejudice and directing the Clerk of Court to 

close this case. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b)(2), Plaintiff may serve 

and file written objections within fourteen days of being served with a copy of the Report 

and Recommendation. If objections are not timely filed, they may be deemed waived. 

 Dated this 16th day of December, 2024. 

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