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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
GALVESTON DIVISION
BRIANNE DRESSEN, et al.,
Plaintiffs.
VS.
ROB FLAHERTY, et al.,
Defendants.
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3:23-cv-00155
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S
MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
On May 13, 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. 98.
Judge Edison filed a memorandum and recommendation on December 11, 2025,
recommending that the court grant five motions to dismiss (Dkts. 85, 88, 89, 94,
and 96) filed by the defendants. See Dkt. 113 at 25.
On January 9, 2026, the plaintiffs filed objections to the memorandum and
recommendation. Dkt. 115. One of the defendants, Andrew Slavitt, also filed
objections. Dkt. 116. 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
February 10, 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. 113) is
approved and adopted in its entirety as the holding of the court; and
(2) 	Defendants’ motions to dismiss (Dkts. 85, 88, 89, 94, and 96) are
granted.
SIGNED on Galveston Island this 10th day of February, 2026.
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JEFFREY VINCENT BROWN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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