Hawkins v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
GALVESTON DIVISION
PATRICK SEAN HAWKINS,
Plaintiff,
VS.
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., et al.,
Defendants.
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3:26-cv-00026
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S
MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
On February 4, 2026, the court referred all pretrial matters in this case to
United States Magistrate Judge Andrew M. Edison under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).
Dkt. 6. Judge Edison filed a memorandum and recommendation on June 18, 2026,
recommending that Defendants’ motion to dismiss (Dkt. 27) be granted. See
Dkt. 33.
On July 2, 2026, the plaintiff filed his objections to the memorandum and
recommendation. See Dkt. 36. 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
July 14, 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. 33) is
approved and adopted in its entirety as the holding of the court; and
(2) 	Defendants’ motion to dismiss (Dkt. 27) is granted.
SIGNED on Galveston Island this 14th day of July 2026.
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JEFFREY VINCENT BROWN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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