Filed: Nov. 02, 2018
Latest Update: Nov. 02, 2018
Summary: ORDER 1 SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL , District Judge . Before the Court is United States Magistrate Judge Mac R. McCoy's Report and Recommendation. (Doc. 47). Judge McCoy recommends that the parties' Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Agreement and Dismissal with Prejudice (Doc. 45) be approved. The parties filed a Joint Notice of Non-Objection to the Report and Recommendation. (Doc. 48). For the following reasons, the Court accepts and adopts Judge McCoy's Report and Recommendation. Aft
Summary: ORDER 1 SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL , District Judge . Before the Court is United States Magistrate Judge Mac R. McCoy's Report and Recommendation. (Doc. 47). Judge McCoy recommends that the parties' Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Agreement and Dismissal with Prejudice (Doc. 45) be approved. The parties filed a Joint Notice of Non-Objection to the Report and Recommendation. (Doc. 48). For the following reasons, the Court accepts and adopts Judge McCoy's Report and Recommendation. Afte..
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ORDER1
SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL, District Judge.
Before the Court is United States Magistrate Judge Mac R. McCoy's Report and Recommendation. (Doc. 47). Judge McCoy recommends that the parties' Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Agreement and Dismissal with Prejudice (Doc. 45) be approved. The parties filed a Joint Notice of Non-Objection to the Report and Recommendation. (Doc. 48). For the following reasons, the Court accepts and adopts Judge McCoy's Report and Recommendation.
After conducting a careful and complete review of the findings and recommendations, a district judge may accept, reject, or modify the magistrate judge's report and recommendation. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); see also Williams v. Wainwright, 681 F.2d 732 (11th Cir. 1982). In the absence of specific objections, there is no requirement that a district judge review factual findings de novo, Garvey v. Vaughn, 993 F.2d 776, 779 n.9 (11th Cir. 1993), and the court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings and recommendations, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). The district judge reviews legal conclusions de novo, even in the absence of an objection. See Cooper-Houston v. Southern Ry. Co., 37 F.3d 603, 604 (11th Cir. 1994).
After independently examining the file and on consideration of Judge McCoy's findings and recommendation, the Court accepts and adopts the Report and Recommendation.
Accordingly, it is now
ORDERED:
1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 47) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED.
2. The parties' Joint Motion for Settlement Approval and Dismissal with Prejudice (Doc. 45) is GRANTED. The settlement agreement and release (Doc. 45-1 at 6-12) is approved as a fair and reasonable resolution of a bona fide dispute.
3. The action is DISMISSED with prejudice.
4. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to enter judgment accordingly, dismiss the case with prejudice, terminate all pending motions and deadlines, and close the file.
DONE and ORDERED.
