ORDER

HAROLD L. MURPHY, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on Petitioner's Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence, which Petitioner filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 ("§ 2255 Motion") [104], and on the Final Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Walter E. Johnson [109].

I. Standard of Review for a Report and Recommendation

28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) requires that in reviewing a magistrate judge's report and recommendation, the district court "shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The Court therefore must conduct a de novo review if a party files "a proper, specific objection" to a factual finding contained in the report and recommendation. Macort v. Prem, Inc., 208 F. App'x 781, 784 (11th Cir. 2006); Jeffrey S. by Ernest S. v. State Bd. of Educ., 896 F.2d 507, 513 (11th Cir. 1990); United States v. Gaddy, 894 F.2d 1307, 1315 (11th Cir. 1990); LoConte v. Ductger, 847 F.2d 745, 750 (11th Cir. 1988). If no party files a timely objection to a factual finding in the report and recommendation, the Court reviews that finding for clear error. Macort, 208 F. App'x at 784. Legal conclusions, of course, are subject to de novo review even if no party specifically objects. United States v. Keel, 164 F. App'x 958, 961 (11th Cir. 2006); United States v. Warren, 687 F.2d 347, 347 (11th Cir. 1982).

II. Background

The Court has reviewed the Final Report and Recommendation and the record in this action, and concludes that Judge Johnson correctly set forth the procedural history of this case. The Court therefore incorporates that portion of the Final Report and Recommendation into this Order as if set forth fully herein. (Final Report & Recommendation (Docket Entry No. 109) at 1-3.)

On December 19, 2014, Judge Johnson issued his Final Report and Recommendation. (Docket Entry No. 109.) Judge Johnson recommended that the Court dismiss the § 2255 Motion as barred by Petitioner's plea agreement. (Id.)

Petitioner has not filed Objections to the Final Report and Recommendation. (See generally Docket.) The time period for filing Objections has expired, and the Court therefore finds that the matter is ripe for resolution.

III. Discussion

As an initial matter, the Court finds that an evidentiary hearing is not required in this case. See Diaz v. United States, 930 F.2d 832, 834 (11th Cir. 1991) (noting that evidentiary hearing is required in federal habeas case only if the petitioner "alleges facts which, if proven, would entitle him to relief"). The Court further finds that Judge Johnson properly concluded that the appeal waiver contained in Petitioner's plea agreement barred his § 2255 Motion and Amended § 2255 Motion. (Final Report & Recommendation at 4-9.) Additionally, Judge Johnson correctly found that the plea hearing transcript refuted Petitioner's claim that his plea was not entered knowingly because he did not understand the nature of the crime with which he was charged. (Id. at 7-9.) In light of those conclusions, the Court agrees with Judge Johnson that "there is no need to reach any other issue raised in [Petitioner's] § 2255 motion, because he waived the right to raise such issues in a collateral attack on his conviction and sentence." (Id. at 8-9.) Finally, Judge Johnson properly found that Petitioner was not entitled to a certificate of appealability. (Id. at 9.) The Court therefore adopts the Final Report and Recommendation, and dismisses Petitioner's § 2255 Motion.

IV. Conclusion

ACCORDINGLY, the Court ADOPTS the Final Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Walter E. Johnson [109], and DENIES Petitioner's § 2255 Motion [104]. The Court DECLINES to issue a certificate of appealability. Finally, the Court DIRECTS the Clerk to CLOSE the civil case associated with the § 2255 Motion: Civil Action File No. 4:14-CV-0315-HLM-WEJ.

IT IS SO ORDERED.