Zeller v. Ventures Trust 2013-I-NH

Filing 86

ORDER Accepting Magistrate Judge's Recommendation. Ordered that the Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge 85 isaccepted. Ordered that the Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment 76 is granted. Ordered that the judgment shall enter in favor of defendants on all of plaintiff's remaining claims. Ordered that this case is closed. Signed by Judge Philip A. Brimmer on 12/19/16. (jhawk, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Judge Philip A. Brimmer
Civil Action No. 15-cv-01077-PAB-STV
PENELOPE ZELLER, an individual,
Plaintiff,
v.
VENTURES TRUST 2013-I-NH and
MCM CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, its trustee, an Equity Purchaser from HUD,
Defendants.
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ORDER ACCEPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S RECOMMENDATION
_____________________________________________________________________
This matter is before the Court on the Recommendation of United States
Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak filed on November 28, 2016 [Docket No. 85]. The
Recommendation states that objections to the Recom mendation must be filed within
fourteen days after its service on the parties. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). The
Recommendation was served on November 28, 2016. No party has objected to the
Recommendation.
In the absence of an objection, the district court may review a magistrate judge’s
recommendation under any standard it deems appropriate. See Summers v. Utah, 927
F.2d 1165, 1167 (10th Cir. 1991); see also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 150 (1985)
(“[i]t 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”). In this matter, the Court has reviewed the

Recommendation to satisfy itself that there is “no clear error on the face of the record.”1
Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), Advisory Committee Notes. Based on this review, the Court has
concluded that the Recommendation is a correct application of the facts and the law.
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED as follows:
1. The Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge [Docket No. 85] is
accepted.
2. Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment [Docket No. 76] is granted.
3. Judgment shall enter in favor of defendants on all of plaintiff’s remaining
claims.
4. This case is closed.

DATED December 19, 2016.
BY THE COURT:

s/Philip A. Brimmer
PHILIP A. BRIMMER
United States District Judge

1

This standard of review is something less than a “clearly erroneous or contrary
to law” standard of review, Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a), which in turn is less than a de novo
review. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b).
2