Thomas v. Woods et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
GALVESTON DIVISION
LAUREE THOMAS,
Plaintiff.
VS.
MAJKA WOODS, et al.,
Defendants.
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3:25-cv-209
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S
MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
On July 8, 2025, all pretrial matters in this case were referred to United
States Magistrate Judge Andrew M. Edison under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Dkt. 5.
Judge Edison filed a memorandum and recommendation on March 18, 2026,
recommending that the defendants’ second amended motion to dismiss the
plaintiff’s second amended complaint, Dkt. 79, be granted. Dkt. 87.
On March 31, 2026, the plaintiff filed her objections to the memorandum and
recommendation, including an alternative request for leave to file a third amended
complaint. Dkt. 89. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), this court is required
to “make a de novo determination of those portions of the [magistrate judge’s] report
or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection [has been]
made.” After conducting this de novo review, the court may “accept, reject, or modify,
in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.”
Id.; see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3).
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
April 06, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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The court has carefully considered the objections; the memorandum and
recommendation; the pleadings; and the record. The court accepts Judge Edison’s
memorandum and recommendation and adopts it as the opinion of the court. It is
therefore ordered that:
(1) 	Judge 	Edison’s 	memorandum 	and 	recommendation, 	Dkt. 	87, 	is
approved and adopted in its entirety as the holding of the court;
(2) 	The defendants’ second amended motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s
second amended complaint, Dkt. 79, is granted; and
(3) 	The plaintiff has had two chances to amend her complaint. Her
request for leave to amend a third time is denied.
SIGNED on Galveston Island this 6th day of April 2026.
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JEFFREY VINCENT BROWN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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