Filed: Mar. 28, 2019
Latest Update: Mar. 28, 2019
Summary: OPINION AND ORDER 1 SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL , District Judge . Before the Court is Magistrate Judge Douglas N. Frazier's Report and Recommendation. (Doc. 39). Judge Frazier recommends granting the parties' Renewed Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Agreement and Entry of an Order of Dismissal with Prejudice (Doc. 38) and approving their Settlement Agreement (Doc. 38-1). (Doc. 39 at 1, 4). The parties filed a Joint Notice of Non-Objection to the Report and Recommendation, stating that
Summary: OPINION AND ORDER 1 SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL , District Judge . Before the Court is Magistrate Judge Douglas N. Frazier's Report and Recommendation. (Doc. 39). Judge Frazier recommends granting the parties' Renewed Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Agreement and Entry of an Order of Dismissal with Prejudice (Doc. 38) and approving their Settlement Agreement (Doc. 38-1). (Doc. 39 at 1, 4). The parties filed a Joint Notice of Non-Objection to the Report and Recommendation, stating that n..
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OPINION AND ORDER1
SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL, District Judge.
Before the Court is Magistrate Judge Douglas N. Frazier's Report and Recommendation. (Doc. 39). Judge Frazier recommends granting the parties' Renewed Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Agreement and Entry of an Order of Dismissal with Prejudice (Doc. 38) and approving their Settlement Agreement (Doc. 38-1). (Doc. 39 at 1, 4). The parties filed a Joint Notice of Non-Objection to the Report and Recommendation, stating that neither objects. (Doc. 40). The matter is ripe for review.
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 careful consideration and an independent review of the file, the Court accepts and adopts the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 39) in full.
Accordingly, it is now ORDERED:
1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 39) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED and incorporated into this Order.
a. The parties' Renewed Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Agreement and Entry of an Order of Dismissal with Prejudice (Doc. 38) is GRANTED.
b. The Settlement Agreement (Doc. 38-1) is APPROVED as a fair and reasonable resolution of the parties' bona fide dispute.
2. The action is DISMISSED with prejudice.
3. The Clerk is DIRECTED to enter judgment accordingly, terminate all pending motions and deadlines, and close the file.
DONE and ORDERED.
