Reported / Citable
Background
Justin Randall Jones filed a lawsuit against Jennifer Dewberry DeFeo and other defendants in the Eastern District of Texas. The matter was referred to a U.S. magistrate judge under 28 U.S.C. § 636.
On July 29, 2026, the magistrate judge issued a report proposing that the lawsuit be dismissed without prejudice and that any request for relief not addressed in the report be denied as moot. No timely objections to the report were filed.
The Court’s Holding
District Judge Sean D. Jordan concluded that the magistrate judge’s findings and conclusions were correct and adopted the report as the district court’s findings and conclusions.
The court dismissed Jones’s lawsuit without prejudice. It also denied as moot any request for relief that had not previously been granted.
Key Takeaways
- The district court adopted the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation.
- Jones’s lawsuit was dismissed without prejudice.
- Any request for relief not previously granted was denied as moot.
Why It Matters
The order brings this district-court action to a close through dismissal without prejudice while leaving the underlying basis for the magistrate judge’s recommendation unstated in the one-page adopting order.
The decision is limited to adopting the report, ordering dismissal without prejudice, and denying the remaining requests for relief as moot.