Clements v. Scott et al

Filing 15

ORDER adopting 14 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS re 10 MOTION to transfer case filed by Louis Matthew Clements. United States Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 14 ) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED and the findings incorporated herein. Plaintiff Matthew Clements' Motion to Transfer Venue is DENIED. Signed by Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on 10/30/2018. (LMF)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
LOUIS MATTHEW CLEMENTS,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 2:18-cv-178-FtM-99CM

RICK SCOTT, PAM BONDI and
STEPHEN B. RUSSELL,
Defendants.
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OPINION AND ORDER1
Before the Court is United States Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando’s Report and
Recommendation. (Doc. 14). Judge Mirando recommends denying pro se Plaintiff
Matthew Clements’ Motion to Transfer Venue.

No party objects to the Report and

Recommendation, and the time to do so has expired.
A district judge “may accept, reject, or modify in whole or in part, the findings or
recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The district
judge “shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified
proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.” Id. And “[t]he judge
may also receive further evidence or recommit the matter to the magistrate judge with
instructions.” Id.

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After examining the file independently, and upon considering Judge Mirando’s
findings and recommendations, the Court accepts and adopts the Report and
Recommendation.
Accordingly, it is now
ORDERED:
(1) United States Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando’s Report and Recommendation
(Doc. 14) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED and the findings incorporated herein.
(2) Plaintiff Matthew Clements’ Motion to Transfer Venue is DENIED.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida this 30th day of October 2018.

Copies: All Parties of Record

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