Parker v. Gotbaum

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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MECHELE R. PARKER, )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) Civ. Action No. 17-520 (EGS)
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Gordon Hartogensis, 1 )
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Defendant. )
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ORDER
On January 7, 2019, the Court referred this case to a
Magistrate Judge for a Report and Recommendation on defendant’s
motion for summary judgment. Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson
issued a Report and Recommendation on March 23, 2020. On May 8,
2020, Plaintiff Michele Parker filed a “Response” to the Report
and Recommendation in which she states that she “will not
readdress” the Report and Recommendation. ECF No. 32 at 2.
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b), once a
magistrate judge has entered a recommended disposition, a party
may file specific written objections. The district court “must
determine de novo any part of the magistrate judge’s disposition
that has been properly objected to,” and “may accept, reject or
1 Gordon Hartogensis, the current Director of the Pension
Guarantee Benefit Corporation is substituted for Joshua Gotbaum,
the former Director of the Pension Guarantee Benefit
Corporation, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(d).
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modify the recommended disposition.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3).
Proper objections “shall specifically identify the portions of
the proposed findings and recommendations to which objection is
made and the basis for objection.” Local R. Civ. P. 72.3(b); see
also Taylor v. District of Columbia, 205 F. Supp. 3d 75, 79
(D.D.C. 2016) (“[A] district court may review only those issues
that the parties have raised in their objections to the
Magistrate Judge’s report . . . .”) (internal quotation marks
omitted). Ms. Parker has not “specifically identif[ied] [any]
portions of the proposed findings and recommendations to which
objection is made and the basis for objection.” Local R. Civ. P.
72.3(b). The Court has carefully reviewed the Report and
Recommendation and, having received no objections within the
meaning of Local Civil Rule 72.3(b), accepts the findings and
ADOPTS the recommendations of Magistrate Judge Robinson
contained in the Report and Recommendation.
Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED that defendant’s motion for summary judgment is
GRANTED; and it is further
ORDERED that judgment is ENTERED in favor of defendant.
SO ORDERED.
Signed: Emmet G. Sullivan
United States District Judge
September 2, 2021
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