Dykes v. Downs ( 2020 )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION CAVASSEAIRE TIDELL DYKES, 2:18-CV-11751-TGB NAMED AS CAVASSEAIRE DYKES; Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING REPORT vs. AND RECOMMENDATION DOWNS, DR.; DENTIST; AND A. (ECF NO. 39) FLAUGHER, DENTAL ASSISTANT; Defendants. This matter is before the Court on Magistrate Judge Anthony P. Patti’s December 20, 2019 Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 39), recommending that Defendants’ Motions for Summary Judgment (ECF Nos. 23, 32) be GRANTED. The Court has reviewed the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation. The law provides that either party may serve and file written objections “[w]ithin fourteen days after being served with a copy” of a report and recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The district court will make a “de novo determination of those portions of the report . . . to which objection is made.” Id. Where, as here, neither party objects to the report, the district court is not obligated to independently review the record. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149–52 (1985). The Court will therefore accept the Magistrate’s Report and Recommendation of December 20, 2019 as this Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Patti’s Report and Recommendation of December 20, 2019 is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED. It is FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants’ Motions for Summary Judgment (ECF Nos. 23, 32) are GRANTED. SO ORDERED. Dated: January 31, 2020 s/Terrence G. Berg TERRENCE G. BERG UNITED STATES DISTRICT