Medeiros v. Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company, SI

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
GALVESTON DIVISION
STEPHEN MEDEIROS,
Plaintiff.
V.
JEWELERS MUTUAL INSURANCE
COMPANY, SI,
Defendant.
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3:25-cv-347
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S
MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
On May 13, 2026, 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. 15.
Judge Edison filed a memorandum and recommendation on May 15, 2026,
recommending that the defendant’s motion to dismiss (Dkt. 9) be denied. Dkt. 16.
On May 29, 2026, the defendant filed its objections to the memorandum and
recommendation. Dkt. 17. 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).
The court has carefully considered the objections; the memorandum and
recommendation; the pleadings; and the record. The court accepts Judge Edison’s
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
June 02, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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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. 	16, 	is
approved and adopted in its entirety as the holding of the court; and
(2) 	The defendant’s motion to dismiss, Dkt. 11, is denied.
SIGNED on Galveston Island this 2nd day of June 2026.
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JEFFREY VINCENT BROWN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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