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Mehta v. United States

United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Oct 26, 2022
Civil Action 1:22-cv-917 (RDA/IDD) (E.D. Va. Oct. 26, 2022)

Opinion

Civil Action 1:22-cv-917 (RDA/IDD)

10-26-2022

RUKMINESH MEHTA, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants.


ORDER

Rossie D. Alston, Jr., United States District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court upon the Report and Recommendation (“Recommendation”) issued by Magistrate Judge Ivan Davis on October 6, 2022. Dkt. 5. In this case involving allegations of various Section 1983 and constitutional violations. Judge Davis recommends that the Court deny Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Dkt. 2). Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b)(2), the deadline for submitting objections to Judge Davis' Recommendation was October 20, 2022. To date, no objections have been filed.

After reviewing the record and Judge Davis' Recommendation, and finding no clear error,the Court hereby APPROVES and ADOPTS the Recommendation. Accordingly, Plaintiffs Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Dkt. 2) is DENIED.

See Diamond v. Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co.,416 F.3d 310, 315 (4th Cir. 2005) (holding that in the absence of any objections to a Magistrate Judge's Recommendation, the Court “need not conduct a de novo review, but instead must ‘only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation'”).

The Clerk is directed to forward copies of this Order to counsel of record and Plaintiff

It is SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

Mehta v. United States

United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Oct 26, 2022
Civil Action 1:22-cv-917 (RDA/IDD) (E.D. Va. Oct. 26, 2022)
Case details for

Mehta v. United States

Case Details

Full title:RUKMINESH MEHTA, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.…

Court:United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

Date published: Oct 26, 2022

Citations

Civil Action 1:22-cv-917 (RDA/IDD) (E.D. Va. Oct. 26, 2022)