Crecelius v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department et al
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ORDER Adopting and Affirming 43 Report and Recommendation. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs complaint is DISMISSED with prejudice for failing to appear at his depositions and subsequent court hearings despite express orders requiring his pres ence. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that 32 Defendants Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED. The Clerk of the Court shall enter Judgment for Defendants and against Plaintiff. Signed by Judge Kent J. Dawson on 02/11/2013. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - AC)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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TODD CRECELIUS,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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Case No. 2:11-CV-00382-KJD-CWH
LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE
DEPARTMENT, et al.,
ORDER
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Defendants.
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Presently before the Court is the Order and Recommendation (#43) of Magistrate Judge Carl
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W. Hoffman recommending that Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (#32) be granted. Plaintiff’s
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mother, acting ostensibly as his attorney-in-fact, filed Objections (#45) to the order and
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recommendation. The Court has conducted a de novo review of the record in this case in accordance
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with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and LR IB 3-2. The Court finds that the Order and Recommendation
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(#43) of the United States Magistrate Judge entered September 14, 2012, should be adopted and
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affirmed.
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Plaintiff failed to appear for two scheduled depositions when he was represented by counsel.
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He also failed to appear for the hearing on his counsel’s motion to withdraw, even though he was
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ordered by the Court to do so. He then failed to appear for a show cause hearing set by the
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magistrate judge. Despite the eleventh hour objections as to whether Plaintiff had notice, no
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admissible evidence justifying Plaintiff’s failure to appear at either deposition or either court hearing
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has been filed with the Court. Furthermore, it is doubtful Plaintiff’s mother, even acting under a
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Durable Power of Attorney, can act as counsel for Plaintiff.
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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Order and Recommendation (#43) of the United
States Magistrate Judge entered September 14, 2012, is ADOPTED and AFFIRMED;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s complaint is DISMISSED with prejudice for
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failing to appear at his depositions and subsequent court hearings despite express orders
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requiring his presence;
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (#32) is GRANTED;
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IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court enter Judgment for Defendants and
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against Plaintiff.
DATED this 11th day of February 2013.
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Kent J. Dawson
United States District Judge
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