Gaytan v. Verda Express, Inc et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
LAREDO DIVISION
JENNYFER GAYTAN 	§
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VS.
VERDA EXPRESS, INC. et al.
CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:25-cv-203
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
The Court referred Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Plaintiff’s First
Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 8) to Magistrate Judge Christopher dos Santos for a
Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 9). Judge dos Santos recommended granting
Plaintiff’s motion to omit her “claims under the Texas Transportation Code Sections
545.357, 545.401, 545.415(a) and 547.501” (Dkt. No. 13 at 1 (citing Dkt. No. 8 at 1)). The
fourteen-day objection period has lapsed, and no party objected to this recommendation.
See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b), the Court reviewed the Report
and Recommendation for clear error. CGI Logistics, LLC v. Fast Logistik, No. 5:23-CV-
43, 2023 WL 8313341, at *2 (S.D. Tex. Dec. 1, 2023) (Garcia Marmolejo, J.) (citing United
States v. Soto, 734 F. App’x 258, 259 (5th Cir. 2018)); see also Cao v. BSI Fin. Servs., Inc.,
858 F. App’x 156, 158 (5th Cir. 2021). Finding none, the Court hereby ADOPTS IN
WHOLE Judge dos Santos’s Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 13).
Accordingly, Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Plaintiff’s First
Amended Complaint is GRANTED (Dkt. No. 8). The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to
docket Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 8-1).
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
February 17, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED February 13, 2026.
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Marina Garcia Marmolejo
United States District Judge
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