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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION
SIDNEY RAY SNELLINGS,
Plaintiff,
VS.
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:26-CV-00041
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
TO DISMISS CASE AS BARRED BY THE THREE STRIKES RULE
On March 5, 2026, United States Magistrate Judge Jason B. Libby issued his
“Memorandum and Recommendation to Dismiss Case as Barred by the Three Strikes
Rule” (M&R, D.E. 11). With the M&R, Plaintiff was provided notice of, and opportunity
to object to, the Magistrate Judge’s memorandum and recommendation. Fed. R. Civ. P.
72(b); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); General Order No. 2002-13. After discovering that Plaintiff
had attempted to provide the Court with notice of a change of address prior to the issuance
of the M&R and service, the Court ordered that the M&R be served on Plaintiff again at
his new address and extended Plaintiff’s deadline to object to April 30, 2026. D.E. 15. No
objections have been timely filed. Plaintiff’s letter (D.E. 13) seeks assistance in a
preliminary investigation of his complaints, but does not state any objections to the M&R.
When no timely objection to a magistrate judge’s memorandum and
recommendation is filed, the district court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error
on the face of the record and accept the magistrate judge’s memorandum and
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
May 05, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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recommendation. Guillory v. PPG Indus., Inc., 434 F.3d 303, 308 (5th Cir. 2005) (citing
Douglass v. United Servs. Auto Ass’n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1420 (5th Cir. 1996)).
Having reviewed the findings of fact and conclusions of law set forth in the
Magistrate Judge’s memorandum and recommendation (D.E. 11), and all other relevant
documents in the record, and finding no clear error, the Court ADOPTS as its own the
findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge. Accordingly, this action is DISMISSED
WITHOUT PREJUDICE and the Clerk of Court is INSTRUCTED to send notice of this
dismissal to the Manager of the Three Strikes List for the Southern District of Texas at
Three_Strikes@txs.uscourts.gov.
ORDERED on May 5, 2026.
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NELVA GONZALES RAMOS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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