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United States District Court 
Northern District of California 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
THOMAS JOSEPH GODDARD, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
 
AMAZON.COM, INC., et al., 
Defendants. 
 

 
 
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND 
RECOMMENDATION AND 
SCREENING AND DISMISSING CASE 
WITH PREJUDICE 
Re: ECF No. 13 
 
 
The Court has reviewed Magistrate Judge Alex G. Tse’s report and recommendation, ECF 
No. 13, to dismiss this case with prejudice under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i). The report was 
filed on March 20, 2026, and Goddard received notification the same day via the Court’s 
electronic filing system. Id. On April 6, 2026, after the 14-day period for objections had elapsed, 
see Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2), Goddard filed a motion for a 60-day extension of all pending 
litigation deadlines to accommodate his confinement at the Department of State Hospitals–Napa. 
ECF No. 17. The Court granted the motion, ECF No. 20, and notified Goddard that the new 
deadline for any objection to the report was June 8, 2026, ECF No. 22. That deadline has now 
passed. 
Judge Tse’s order found that “Goddard’s allegations in this case ‘rise to the level of the 
irrational or the wholly incredible,’ and so come within the definition of frivolous under the in 
forma pauperis statute.” ECF No. 13 at 1 (quoting Denton v. Hernandez, 504 U.S. 25, 33 (1992)). 
It further found that any amendment would be futile. Id. at 2. The Court finds the report to be 
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correct and well-reasoned and adopts it in every respect. This case is dismissed with prejudice. 
The Clerk shall enter judgment and close the file. 
IT IS SO ORDERED. 
Dated: June 10, 2026 
______________________________________ 
JON S. TIGAR 
United States District Judge 

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