Bacon v. Hamilton et al, No. 2:2015cv00179 - Document 104 (D. Utah 2018)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER denying 98 Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment. Signed by Judge David Nuffer on 8/15/18 (alt)
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Bacon v. Hamilton et al Doc. 104 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH, CENTRAL DIVISION MICHAEL A. BACON, Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER DENYING MOTION TO ALTER OR AMEND JUDGMENT v. Case No. 2:15-cv-00179-DN-BCW UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, District Judge David Nuffer Defendant. Magistrate Judge Wells’ recommended Plaintiff Michael A. Bacon’s Second Amended Complaint be dismissed for “lack of ripeness and subject matter jurisdiction as [Mr.] Bacon had not fully pursued available state-court remedies.” 1 Mr. Bacon filed an filed an Objection 2 and Memoranda 3 in Support of his Objection. In his Memorandum in support of his Objection, Mr. Bacon attempts to alter his complaint to include an allegation that the Defendants violated his Fourth Amendment rights. 4 On June 5, 2018, the Report and Recommendation was adopted 5 and Mr. Bacon’s untimely request to amend the complaint was not considered. 6 A Judgment was entered and the case was closed. 7 1 Report and Recommendation, docket no. 81, filed April 12, 2018. 2 Objection to Magistrate Judges [sic] R&R (“Objection”), docket no. 84, filed April 20, 2018. 3 Docket no. 85, filed April 25, 2018; docket no. 86, filed April 30, 2018; docket no. 88, filed May 9, 2018. 4 Memorandum, docket no. 85 at 3. 5 Docket no. 90, filed June 5, 2018. 6 Report and Recommendation at 5. 7 Docket no. 91, filed June 5, 2018. Dockets.Justia.com Mr. Bacon seeks to alter or amend 8 the Judgment. He argues he timely made a motion to amend his complaint prior to the Report and Recommendation. 9 Mr. Bacon makes this same argument in his Objection to the Memorandum Decision and Order Adopting Report and Recommendation. 10 This argument lacks merit—the Second Amended Complaint was dismissed because Mr. Bacon failed to exhaust state remedies. Amending his complaint for the third time would not change the fact that Mr. Bacon failed to exhaust state remedies. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Mr. Bacon’s Motion 11 is DENIED. Dated August 15, 2018. BY THE COURT: ____________________________ David Nuffer United States District Judge 8 Motion to Alter or Amend a Judgment (“Motion”), docket no. 98, filed July 9, 2018. 9 Motion at 1-2. 10 Docket no. 93, June 18, 2018. 11 Docket no. 98, filed July 9, 2018. 2
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