IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

TYLER DIVISION

JAWONN DARIUS CASTLEBERRY, §

#131099 §

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Plaintiff, §

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v. § Case No. 6:23-cv-387-JDK-JDL

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GREGG COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, §

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Defendant. §

ORDER ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Plaintiff Jawonn Darius Castleberry, proceeding pro se, filed this lawsuit 

under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 while he was an inmate of the Gregg County Jail and did not 

pay the filing fee. The case was referred to United States Magistrate Judge John D. 

Love for findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations for the disposition 

of the case. 

On September 29, 2023, Judge Love issued a Report recommending that 

Plaintiff’s lawsuit be dismissed for failure to prosecute because Plaintiff had failed to 

comply with the Court’s order to satisfy the filing fee requirement and amend his 

complaint. Docket No. 5. A copy of this Report was mailed to Plaintiff, but it was 

returned as undeliverable. Docket No. 6. Publicly available records of the Gregg 

County Jail establish that Plaintiff was released from jail on September 11, 2023. See

Gregg County Jail Records Search Detail for Booking #: 23-00130782, available at 

http://beta.co.gregg.tx.us/OdysseyPA/JailingDetail.aspx?JailingID=443955 (last 

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visited Nov. 3, 2023). Plaintiff has not objected, filed a notice of change of address, or 

taken any other action to prosecute this case since that date.

This Court reviews the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge de 

novo only if a party objects within fourteen days of the Report and Recommendation. 

28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). In conducting a de novo review, the Court examines the entire 

record and makes an independent assessment under the law. Douglass v. United 

Servs. Auto. Ass’n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1430 (5th Cir. 1996) (en banc), superseded on other 

grounds by statute, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (extending the time to file objections from 

ten to fourteen days). 

Here, Plaintiff did not object in the prescribed period. The Court therefore 

reviews the Magistrate Judge’s findings for clear error or abuse of discretion and 

reviews his legal conclusions to determine whether they are contrary to law. See 

United States v. Wilson, 864 F.2d 1219, 1221 (5th Cir. 1989), cert. denied, 492 U.S. 

918 (1989) (holding that, if no objections to a Magistrate Judge’s Report are filed, the 

standard of review is “clearly erroneous, abuse of discretion and contrary to law.”). 

Having reviewed the Magistrate Judge’s Report and the record in this case, 

the Court finds no clear error or abuse of discretion and no conclusions contrary to 

law. Accordingly, the Court hereby ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation of the 

United States Magistrate Judge (Docket No. 5) as the findings of this Court. It is 

therefore ORDERED that this case is DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to 

prosecute. All pending motions are DENIED as MOOT. 

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So ORDERED and SIGNED this day of

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JEREMY D. KERNODLE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 6th November, 2023.

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