Young v. Public Defender's Office et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
MICHAEL ALEXANDER YOUNG 	CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS 	NO. 25-1753
PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE AND
HACER KANDARA
SECTION “R” (3)
ORDER AND REASONS
Plaintiff Michael Alexander Young, a former Louisiana state inmate,
filed this pro se and in forma pauperis federal civil action pursuant to 42
U.S.C. § 1983 on August 25, 2025. 1 On October 22, 2025, Magistrate Judge
Eva 	J. 	Dossier 	issued 	a 	Report 	and 	Recommendation 	(“R&R”),
recommending that the Court dismiss plaintiff’s complaint with prejudice. 2
Plaintiff did not object to the R&R. Therefore, the Court reviews the
R&R for clear error. See Douglass v. United Servs. Auto. Ass’n, 79 F.3d 1415,
1430 (5th Cir. 1996) (en banc), superseded by statute on other grounds, 28
U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b) advisory committee’s note
(1983) (“When no timely objection is filed, the court need only satisfy itself
1 	R. Doc. 1. Plaintiff’s initial complaint was marked deficient. Plaintiff
refiled his complaint on October 10, 2025, R. Doc. 8, after being
granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis, R. Doc. 7.
2 	R. Doc. 9.
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that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the
recommendation.”). The Court finds no clear error.
Accordingly, the Court adopts Magistrate Judge Dossier’s R&R as its
opinion. Young’s complaint is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this _____ day of November, 2025.
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SARAH S. VANCE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
10th
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