Funderburk v. B.P. Products North America, Inc. B.P.

Filing 8

ORDER adopting 7 Report and Recommendation. The Clerk of the Court is directed to transfer this case to the Ocala Division. Signed by Judge Marcia Morales Howard on 1/17/2014. (JW)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
JACKSONVILLE DIVISION

ELVIS FUNDERBURK,
Plaintiff,
-vs-

Case No.: 3:13-cv-1413-J-34MCR

B.P. PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
B.P.,
Defendant.
______________________________________

ORDER
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 7;
Report), entered by the Honorable Monte C. Richardson, United States Magistrate Judge,
on December 17, 2013. In the Report, the Magistrate Judge recommends that this action
be transferred to the Ocala Division of the United States District Court for the Middle District
of Florida for all further proceedings. See Report at 1. Plaintiff has failed to file objections
to the Report, and the time for doing so has now passed.
The Court “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). If no specific
objections to findings of fact are filed, the district court is not required to conduct a de novo
review of those findings. See Garvey v. Vaughn, 993 F.2d 776, 779 n.9 (11th Cir. 1993); see
also 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). However, the district court must review legal conclusions de
novo. See Cooper-Houston v. Southern Ry. Co., 37 F.3d 603, 604 (11th Cir. 1994); United

States v. Rice, No. 2:07-mc-8-FtM-29SPC, 2007 WL 1428615 at *1 (M.D. Fla. May 14,
2007).
Upon independent review of the file and for the reasons stated in the Magistrate
Judge’s Report, the Court will accept and adopt the legal and factual conclusions
recommended by the Magistrate Judge. Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED:
1.

The Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 7) is ADOPTED as the opinion of

the Court.
2.

The Clerk of the Court is directed to transfer this case to the Ocala Division of

the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida for all further proceedings,
and close this file.
DONE AND ORDERED at Jacksonville, Florida, this 17th day of January, 2014.

ja
Copies to:
The Honorable Monte C. Richardson
United States Magistrate Judge
Counsel of Record
Pro Se Party