Cecil Francis v. Doctor Mullens
Summary
The United States District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands approved and adopted Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller's Report and Recommendation filed January 17, 2024, recommending transfer of Case No. 3:23-cv-0039 to the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. The Court conducted a de novo review of the record and found no error in the Magistrate Judge's determination. The Clerk of Court is ordered to transfer the case and provide certified mail notice to plaintiff Cecil Francis, and the case is ordered closed following transfer.
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The District Court of the Virgin Islands approved and adopted the Report and Recommendation issued by Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller on January 17, 2024, which recommended transferring the civil action to the Western District of Virginia. The Court conducted a de novo review of the record as required under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and found no error in the Magistrate Judge's determination. The Court's order directs the Clerk of Court to transfer the case and provide certified mail notice to plaintiff Cecil Francis with return receipt docketed, and the case is ordered closed following transfer.
The transfer order represents a routine procedural judicial action without substantive compliance implications for external parties. The Court's adoption of the Magistrate Judge's recommendation without modification indicates agreement with the venue transfer rationale under the applicable transfer standards. Parties involved in related litigation before the District Court of the Virgin Islands should note the standard for transfer recommendations and the Court's de novo review process under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b).
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Cecil Francis v. Doctor Mullens
District Court, Virgin Islands
- Citations: None known
- Docket Number: 3:23-cv-00039
Precedential Status: Unknown Status
Trial Court Document
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN
CECIL FRANCIS, )
)
Plaintiff, )
) Case No. 3:23-cv-0039
v. )
)
DOCTOR MULLENS, )
)
Defendant. )
)
ORDER
THIS MATTER
comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation issued
by Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller, filed on January 17, 2024, recommending that this matter
be transferred to the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. (ECF
No. 3.) The Court conducted a de novo review of the record and has made an independent
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determOinRaDtiEonR EfiDnd ing no error. Accordingly, it is hereby
APPROVED ADthOaPt TthEeD Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 3, is
ORDE aRnEdD as an Order of this CTouRrAt NasS FifE fRully set forth hereinU;n itit iesd fu Srttahteers
District Court for tthhaet Wthees Ctelerrnk D oifs tCroicutr to fs hVairllg inia this case to the
ORDERED ; it is further
that a copy of this Order shall be provided to Cecil Francis via certified
mail with the return receipt docketed in this case; and it is further
See Hill v. Barnacle
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, 655 Fed. Appx. 14E2l,m 1e4n8d (o3rdf GCriar.f i2c0a1, I6n)c (. ovp. iDn.iSn. gA tmheart itchae, Idnics.trict court is not required to
make separate findings or conclusions when reviewing a Magistrate Judge’s report and recommendation de
novo under 28 U.SC. § 636(b)) (citing , 48 F.3d 46, 49-50 (1st Cir.
1995) (opining that “[28 U.S.C. § 636 (b)] authorizes the district court to adopt in whole as well as in part the
proposed findings and recommendations of the magistrate judge. Where, as here, the magistrate judge decided
OCardsee rN o. 3:23-cv-0039
Page 2 ofO 2R DERED CLOSE
Dated: that follow ing tra nsfer, t he Clerk ofR Coobuerrtt sAh. aMllo lloy this c ase.
ROBERT A. MOLLOY
April 1 3, 2026 /Csh/i ef Judge
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