Freeman v. Doe ( 2023 )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION Joseph Erby Freeman, Plaintiff, Case No. 20-12637 v. Judith E. Levy United States District Judge John Doe, Mag. Judge Patricia T. Morris Defendant. ________________________________/ ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION [25] Before the Court is Magistrate Judge Patricia T. Morris’s Report and Recommendation. (ECF No. 25.) The Report and Recommendation recommends that the Court dismiss Plaintiff Joseph Erby Freeman’s complaint against the remaining John Doe Defendant pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to prosecute. (Id.) The parties were required to file specific written objections, if any, within 14 days of service. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2); E.D. Mich. L.R. 72.1(d). No objections were filed. The Court has nevertheless carefully reviewed the Report and Recommendation and concurs in the reasoning and result. Accordingly, The Report and Recommendation (ECF No. X) is ADOPTED; This case is hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.1 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: February 3, 2023 s/Judith E. Levy Ann Arbor, Michigan JUDITH E. LEVY United States District Judge CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was served upon counsel of record and any unrepresented parties via the Court’s ECF System to their respective email or first-class U.S. mail addresses disclosed on the Notice of Electronic Filing on February 3, 2023. s/William Barkholz WILLIAM BARKHOLZ Case Manager 1 By failing to object to the Report and Recommendation, the parties have forfeited any further right of appeal. United States v. Wandahsega, 924 F.3d 868, 878 (6th Cir. 2019); see also Berkshire v. Beauvais, 928 F.3d 520, 530 (6th Cir. 2019).