Bustamante v. Superior Scaffolding & Insulation Inc.

MARCIA MORALES HOWARD UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

ORDER

MARCIA MORALES HOWARD UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

THIS CAUSE is before the Court on the Report & Recommendation (Dkt. No. 17; Report) entered by the Honorable Patricia D. Barksdale, United States Magistrate Judge, on December 8, 2022. In the Report, Judge Barksdale recommends that the Joint Motion to Approve Settlement and to Dismiss the Case With Prejudice and Incorporated Memorandum of Law (Dkt. No. 16; Motion) be granted, the settlement be approved, and the case be dismissed with prejudice. See Report at 9. No objections to the Report have been filed, and the time for doing so has passed.

The Court “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). Pursuant to Rule 72, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Rule(s)), the Court “must determine de novo any part of the magistrate judge's disposition that has been properly objected to.” See Rule 72(b)(3); see also 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). However, a party waives the right to challenge on appeal any unobjected-to factual and legal conclusions. See 11th Cir. R. 3-1. As such, the Court reviews those portions of the Magistrate Judge's findings to which no objection was filed for plain error and only if necessary, in the interests of justice. See id.; see also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 150 (1985) (“It does not appear that Congress intended to require district court review of a magistrate [judge's] factual or legal conclusions, under a de novo or any other standard, when neither party objects to those findings.”); Dupree v. Warden, 715 F.3d 1295, 1304-05 (11th Cir. 2013) (recommending the adoption of what would become 11th Circuit Rule 3-1 so that district courts do not have “to spend significant amounts of time and resources reviewing every issue-whether objected to or not.”).

Upon review of the record, including the Report, Motion, and Full and Final Release of Claims (Dkt. No. 16-1), the undersigned concludes that the settlement represents a “reasonable and fair” resolution of Plaintiff's claims. Accordingly, the Court will accept and adopt the Report.

In light of the foregoing, it is hereby

ORDERED:

1. The Report & Recommendation (Dkt. No. 17) is ADOPTED as the opinion of the Court.

2. The Joint Motion to Approve Settlement and to Dismiss the Case With Prejudice and Incorporated Memorandum of Law (Dkt. No. 16) is GRANTED.

3. The Full and Final Release of Claims (Dkt. No. 16-1) is APPROVED.

4. This case is DISMISSED with prejudice.

5. The Clerk of the Court is directed to terminate all pending motions and deadlines as moot and close the file.