Allen, Jr. et al v. Hays, Houston Police Officer, In His Individual Capacity et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
JOHN ALLEN, JR., ET AL., §
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Plaintiffs, §
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v. § Civil Case No. 4:18-cv-00171
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JUSTIN THOMAS HAYES, §
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Defendant. §
ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATION
OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Pending before the Court is the February 10, 2026 Memorandum and
Recommendation (“M&R”) prepared by Magistrate Judge Peter Bray. (Dkt. No. 356).
Judge Bray made findings and conclusions and recommended that Defendant’s Renewed
Motion for Sanctions, (Dkt. No. 279), be denied. (Dkt. No. 356).
The Parties were provided proper notice and the opportunity to object to the M&R.
See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b). No party filed an objection. As a result,
review is straightforward: plain error. Guillory v. PPG Indus., Inc., 434 F.3d 303, 308 (5th
Cir. 2005). No plain error appears.
Accordingly, the Court accepts the M&R and adopts it as the opinion of the Court.
It is therefore ordered that:
(1) Judge Bray’s M&R (Dkt. No. 356) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED in its
entirety as the holding of the Court; and
(2) Defendant’s Renewed Motion for Sanctions, (Dkt. No. 279), is DENIED.
It is SO ORDERED.
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
February 25, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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Signed on February 25, 2026.
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DREW B. TIPTON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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