Kennedy v. PR Tahiti LLC ( 2020 )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO.: 19-62264-CIV-SINGHAL PATRICIA KENNEDY, Plaintiff, v. PR TAHITI, LLC, Defendant. _______________________________________/ ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION THIS CAUSE is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation to District Judge (DE [25]), issued on December 3, 2020. Therein, Magistrate Judge Valle considered Plaintiff’s Amended Verified Application for Attorney’s Fees, Costs, Expert Fees, and Litigation Expenses (DE [21]) and recommends the Plaintiff’s Amended Verified Application for Attorney’s Fees, Costs, Expert Fees, and Litigation Expenses (DE [21]) be GRANTED IN PART. Magistrate Judge Valle further recommends that Plaintiff be awarded a total of $6,895 in fees and $1,065 in costs. Parties have fourteen days to file any objections to a magistrate judge’s factual findings. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2); S.D. Fla. Mag. R. 4(b). Here, neither side filed any such objections. With no objections filed, the Court’s review of the Report and Recommendation to District Judge (DE [25]) is properly limited to a de novo review of only its legal conclusions. See Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London v. PharmaTech, LLC, 2019 WL 4673739, at *1 (M.D. Fla. Aug. 19, 2019) (“Legal conclusions are reviewed de novo, even in the absence of an objection.”). This Court has reviewed the entire file and record and has made a de novo review of the issues. No objections to the Report and Recommendation to District Judge (DE [25]) have been filed, thus, the Court reviews it for clear error. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Report and Recommendation to District Judge (DE [25]) is AFFIRMED and ADOPTED. The Plaintiffs Amended Verified Application for Attorney’s Fees, Costs, Expert Fees, and Litigation Expenses (DE [21]) is GRANTED IN PART. Plaintiff is awarded a total of $6,895 in fees and $1,065 in costs. The Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE this case and DENY all pending motions as moot. DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this 18th day of December 2020. \ <= UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Copies furnished to counsel of record via CM/ECF