Filed: Jul. 02, 2015
Latest Update: Jul. 02, 2015
Summary: ORDER 1 SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL , District Judge . This matter comes before the Court on consideration of United States Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando's Report and Recommendation ( Doc. #120 ) filed on May 21, 2015. Judge Mirando recommends granting in part and denying in part Defendant City of Fort Myers and Douglas Baker's Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Costs ( Doc. #116 ) filed on December 26, 2014. No party objects to the Report and Recommendation, and the time to do so has expired. Th
Summary: ORDER 1 SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL , District Judge . This matter comes before the Court on consideration of United States Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando's Report and Recommendation ( Doc. #120 ) filed on May 21, 2015. Judge Mirando recommends granting in part and denying in part Defendant City of Fort Myers and Douglas Baker's Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Costs ( Doc. #116 ) filed on December 26, 2014. No party objects to the Report and Recommendation, and the time to do so has expired. Thu..
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ORDER1
SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on consideration of United States Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando's Report and Recommendation (Doc. #120) filed on May 21, 2015. Judge Mirando recommends granting in part and denying in part Defendant City of Fort Myers and Douglas Baker's Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Costs (Doc. #116) filed on December 26, 2014. No party objects to the Report and Recommendation, and the time to do so has expired. Thus, this matter is ripe for review.
A district judge "may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). If no specific objections to findings of fact are filed, the district judge is not required to conduct a de novo review of those findings. See Garvey v. Vaughn, 993 F.2d 776, 779 n.9 (11th Cir. 1993). However, the district judge must review 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 of the Report and Recommendation and an independent review of the file, the Court adopts, accepts, and approves the Report and Recommendation.
Accordingly, it is now
ORDERED:
1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. #70) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED and the findings are incorporated herein.
2. Defendant City of Fort Myers and Douglas Baker's Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Costs (Doc. #116) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Defendants City of Fort Myers and Douglas Baker are awarded $2,542.50 in attorneys' fees and $4,327.22 in costs for a total award of $6,869.72.
3. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to file an Amended Judgment that includes the amount for attorneys' fees and costs, and close the file.
DONE and ORDERED.
