Black v. Monahan ( 2022 )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION D’ANDREE BLACK, Plaintiff, Case No. 19-cv-12930 vs. HON. MARK A. GOLDSMITH NICHOLAS MONAHAN and JAMES COOPER, Defendants. ____________________/ ORDER (1) ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION CONTAINED IN THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION (Dkt. 41) AND (2) GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Dkt. 37) This matter is presently before the Court on the Report and Recommendation (R&R) of Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Stafford, issued on December 7, 2021 (Dkt. 41). In the R&R, the magistrate judge addresses Defendants’ motion for summary judgment (Dkt. 37) and recommends that summary judgment be (i) granted as to claims against Defendant Nicholas Monahan and (ii) denied as to claims against Defendant James Cooper. See R&R at 5. The parties have not filed objections to the R&R, and the time to do so has expired. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2). The failure to file a timely objection to an R&R constitutes a waiver of the right to further judicial review. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 150 (1985) (“It 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.”); Smith v. Detroit Fed’n of Teachers, 829 F.2d 1370, 1373-1374 (6th Cir. 1987) (failure to file objection to R&R “waived subsequent review of the matter”); Cephas v. Nash, 328 F.3d 98, 108 (2d Cir. 2003) (“As a rule, a party’s failure to object to any purported error or omission in a magistrate judge’s report waives further judicial review of the point.”); Lardie v. Birkett, 221 F. Supp. 2d 806, 807 (E.D. Mich. 2002) (“As to the parts of the report and recommendation to which no party has objected, the Court need not conduct a review by any standard.”). However, there is some authority that a district court is required to review the R&R for clear error. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 Advisory Committee Note Subdivision (b) (“When no timely objection is filed, the court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation.”). Therefore, the Court has reviewed the R&R for clear error. On the face of the record, the Court finds no clear error and accepts the recommendation. Accordingly, the Court accepts the recommendation contained in the R&R (Dkt. 41). Defendants’ motion for summary judgment (Dkt. 37) is granted in part and denied in part. Summary judgment is granted as to claims against Monahan and denied as to claims against Cooper. SO ORDERED. Dated: February 15, 2022 s/Mark A. Goldsmith Detroit, Michigan MARK A. GOLDSMITH United States District Judge