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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
VICTORIA DIVISION
CHRISTOPHER C. SMITH,
Plaintiff,
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:26-CV-00016
T. DODD, et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
TO DISMISS CASE FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE
On May 13, 2026, United States Magistrate Judge Julie K. Hampton issued her
“Memorandum and Recommendation to Dismiss Case for Failure to Prosecute” (D.E. 20).
Plaintiff was provided proper notice of, and opportunity to object to, the Magistrate Judge’s
memorandum and recommendation. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Special
Order No. C-2023-1. No objections have been timely filed.
When no timely objection to a magistrate judge’s memorandum and
recommendation is filed, the district court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error
on the face of the record and accept the magistrate judge’s memorandum and
recommendation. Guillory v. PPG Indus., Inc., 434 F.3d 303, 308 (5th Cir. 2005) (citing
Douglass v. United Servs. Auto Ass’n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1420 (5th Cir. 1996)).
Having reviewed the findings of fact and conclusions of law set forth in the
Magistrate Judge’s memorandum and recommendation (D.E. 20), and all other relevant
documents in the record, and finding no clear error, the Court ADOPTS as its own the
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
June 15, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge. Accordingly, this action is DISMISSED
WITHOUT PREJUDICE for failure to prosecute.
ORDERED on June 15, 2026.
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NELVA GONZALES RAMOS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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