1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA
FRANCISCO VIDAL, Case No.: 2:25-cv-01724-APG-EJY
4 Plaintiff Order Accepting Report and
Recommendation
v.
[ECF No. 4]
6], CITY OF NORTH LAS VEGAS, et al.,
7 Defendants
8 On March 27, 2026, Magistrate Judge Youchah recommended that I dismiss this case
without prejudice because plaintiff Francisco Vidal did not pay the filing fee or submit an
application to proceed in forma pauperis by the given deadline. ECF No. 4. Vidal did not object.
11} Thus, I am not obligated to conduct a de novo review of the report and recommendation. 28
12)/U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (requiring district courts to “make a de novo determination of those portions
13}| of the report or specified proposed findings to which objection is made”); United States v.
Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (‘the district judge must review the
15}| magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations de novo if objection is made, but not
16]| otherwise” (emphasis in original)).
17 I THEREFORE ORDER that Magistrate Judge Youchah’s report and recommendation
18]| (ECF No. 4) is accepted, and this case is dismissed without prejudice. The clerk of court is
instructed to close this case.
20 DATED this 18th day of April, 2026.
21
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22 ANDREW P. GORDON
3 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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