ORDER AFFIRMING AND ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

WILEY Y. DANIEL, Senior District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

THIS MATTER is before the Court on the following filings: (1) Plaintiffs' Motion to Set Aside Settlement (ECF No. 63), filed August 13, 2015; (2) Defendant Cindy Howard's Motion to Enforce Settlement Agreement (ECF No. 74), filed August 19, 2015; (3) Magistrate Judge Wang's Recommendation ("Recommendation") (ECF No. 200), filed January 25, 2016; and (4) Defendant Howard's Partial Objection to Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge (ECF No. 205), filed February 5, 2016.

After carefully considering all pleadings, evidence, and arguments presented by the parties, Defendant Howard's objections are overruled and Magistrate Judge Wang's Recommendation is affirmed.

II. DISCUSSION

Since Defendant's objections were timely filed, I conduct a de novo review of Magistrate Judge Wang's conclusions to which objection is made since the nature of the matter is dispositive. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). As to the portion of Magistrate Judge Wang's Recommendation where no objection was filed, I am vested with discretion to review the Recommendation Aunder any standard [I] deem[] appropriate.@ Summers v. Utah, 927 F.2d 1165, 1167 (10th Cir. 1991); see also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 150 (1985) (stating that "[i]t does not appear that Congress intended to require district court review of a magistrate's factual or legal conclusions, under a de novo or any other standard, when neither party objects to those findings"). Nonetheless, though not required to do so, I review the Recommendation to "satisfy [my]self that there is no clear error on the face of the record."1 See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b) Advisory Committee Notes.

In the Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Wang recommends that Plaintiffs' Motion to Set Aside Settlement Agreement be granted and Defendant Howard's Motion to Enforce Settlement Agreement be denied. In formulating her Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Wang held an evidentiary hearing and engaged in a detailed fact finding analysis of the purported settlement negotiations that occurred in this case. After a thorough review, Magistrate Judge Wang concluded that the "settlement agreement not be enforced because Ms. Ruttenberg (Plaintiffs' counsel) did not have authority to compromise, settle, or consent to a final disposition on behalf of Samuel Mitchell, and in the alternative, any implied authority to settle had been revoked prior to the attorneys reaching agreement on essential terms." (Recommendation at 10). No objection was made to this portion of the Recommendation. Having reviewed the Recommendation, I am satisfied that there is no clear error on the face of the record, and I agree with Plaintiff Samuel Mitchell.

Also in her Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Wang noted that because she found

(Recommendation at 14 n.8). Defendant Howard objects to this portion of the Recommendation that the settlement agreement be set aside with respect to Plaintiff Lisa Mitchell.

"`A trial court has the power to summarily enforce a settlement agreement entered into by the litigants while the litigation is pending before it.'" Shoels v. Klebold, 375 F.3d 1054, 1060 (10th Cir. 2004) (quoting United States v. Hardage, 982 F.2d 1491, 1496 (10th Cir. 1993)). "Issues involving the formation and construction of a purported settlement agreement are resolved by applying state contract law." Id. (citing United States v. McCall, 235 F.3d 1211, 1215 (10th Cir. 2000)). In Colorado, "[i]n order for a settlement to be binding and enforceable, there must be a `meeting of the minds' as to the terms and conditions of the compromise and settlement." H.W. Houston Constr. Co. v. District Court, 632 P.2d 563, 565 (Colo. 1981). "[T]he evidence must show that the parties agreed upon all essential terms." I.M.A., Inc. v. Rocky Mountain Airways, Inc., 713 P.2d 882, 888 (Colo. 1986).

Under Colorado law, the essential elements of a contract include "mutual assent to an exchange, between competent parties, with regard to a certain subject matter, for legal consideration." Indus. Prod. Int'l v. Emo Trans., Inc., 962 P.2d 983, 988 (Colo. Ct. App. 1997) (citation omitted). "An offer is a manifestation by one party of a willingness to enter into a bargain [and a]n acceptance is a manifestation of assent to the terms of the offer." Id. (citing Restatement (Second) of Contracts §§ 24, 32 (1979)).

As required by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b), I have reviewed de novo the portion of the Recommendation to which Defendant Howard objects and I have considered carefully the Recommendation, the objection, and the applicable case law. In the Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Wang explains that although she need not reach the issue of whether Ms. Ruttenberg had the authority from Ms. Mitchell to settle her claim against Defendant Howard, the evidence does not support that Ms. Mitchell ever agreed that a settlement could include a non-admission of liability. Furthermore, based on my careful review of the record, I believe there was a breakdown in communication between Ms. Ruttenberg and Ms. Mitchell such that I cannot conclude that Ms. Ruttenberg had authority to bind Ms. Mitchell to a settlement that included terms that were either not communicated to Ms. Mitchell or were different than what Ms. Mitchell believed to be to be the case. It is not clear whether there was a mutual assent by competent parties or that the parties agreed upon all essential terms. Thus, Magistrate Judge Wang did not err in determining that the settlement agreement should be set aside as to both Plaintiff Samuel Mitchell and Lisa Mitchell. I conclude that the arguments asserted by Defendant Howard in her objection are incorrect.

III. CONCLUSION

Based on the foregoing, it is

ORDERED that the Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Wang (ECF No. 200) is AFFIRMED and ADOPTED. Plaintiffs' Motion to Set Aside Settlement (ECF No. 63) is GRANTED and Defendant Cindy Howard's Motion to Enforce Settlement Agreement (ECF No. 74) is DENIED.