Reported / Citable
Background
Scott Phillip Lewis brought this action against Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., and other defendants in the Eastern District of Texas. The matter was referred to a United States magistrate judge under 28 U.S.C. § 636.
On April 16, 2026, the magistrate judge issued a report containing proposed findings of fact and recommending that the case be dismissed without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). No timely objections to the report were filed.
The Court’s Holding
The district court concluded that the magistrate judge’s findings and conclusions were correct. It adopted the report as the findings and conclusions of the court.
The court ordered the case dismissed without prejudice under Rule 41(b). The memorandum did not identify the particular conduct or specific Rule 41(b) ground supporting dismissal.
Key Takeaways
- The district court adopted the magistrate judge’s report after no timely objections were filed.
- The action was dismissed without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b).
- The one-page memorandum does not specify the conduct that prompted the Rule 41(b) recommendation.
Why It Matters
The ruling illustrates that a district court may adopt a magistrate judge’s unopposed findings and recommendation after determining that they are correct. Because the dismissal was without prejudice, the order did not purport to resolve the merits of Lewis’s claims.