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Thomas v. Sillivent
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas · Federal district courts · TX · · No. 4:25-cv-1207-JDK · order
Eastern District of Texas on 2026-03-02 in Fabian Antonio Thomas v. Officer Skylar Sillivent, et al. found the self-represented party's objection cited United States v. Lopez, 817 F.3d 541, 545 (5th Cir. 2016), which the court described as a phantom case. The court adopted the report and recommendation, granted defendants' motions to dismiss, and dismissed the action with prejudice.
- Disposition
- The court adopted the report and recommendation and dismissed the case with prejudice without imposing a citation-related consequence.
- Recorded conduct
- Plaintiff cited United States v. Lopez, 817 F.3d 541, 545 (5th Cir. 2016), a phantom case, in support of an objection. — outcome: noted, no consequence; actor: litigant in person
- Canonical record
- Incident tracker entry — verified outcome, regulator disposition and related rules
What the court wrote
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opportunity to amend his complaint in response to the motion (Docket No. 23), which was addressed in the Report. Judge Love considered that the amended complaint did 1 Plaintiff’s citation in support of one of these objections, United States v. Lopez, 817 F.3d 541, 545 (5th Cir. 2016), appears to be a phantom case that does not exist. 3 Case 4:25-cv-01207-JDK-JDL Document 26 Filed 03/02/26 Page 4 of 4 PageID #: 169 not change the viability of the asserted claims and found that further amendment was futile in light of the affidavit of arrest. Docket No. 24 at 16 (citing Wilson v.
Authorities cited in the passage: United States v. Lopez
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