Walker et al v. Countrywide Home Loans Services, Inc. et al

Filing 11

OPINION AND ORDER APPROVING and ADOPTING 7 Final Report and Recommendation and GRANTING 6 Motion to Consolidate Cases. This case is CONSOLIDATED with 1:17-cv-3307-MHC-CMS and is hereby ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSED. Signed by Judge Mark H. Cohen on 11/27/2017. (sap)

IN T H E UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR T H E NORTHERN DISTRICT OF G E O R G I A
ATLANTA DIVISION

RICHARD H. W A L K E R and
P A T R I C E A. G E O R G E ,
C I V I L ACTION F I L E

Plaintiffs,

NO. l:17-CV-3052-MHC
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS,
INC., et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
The matter is before the Court on Magistrate Judge Catherine M . Salinas's
Final Report and Recommendation [Doc. 7] ("R&R"), which recommends that
Defendants' Motion to Consolidate Actions [Doc. 6] be granted, and that the Clerk
consolidate this case with Civil Action No. 1:17-CV-3307-MHC-CMS and
administratively close this case. The Order for Service of the R&R [Doc.
8] provided notice that, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), the parties were
authorized to file objections within fourteen (14) days of the receipt of that Order.

No objections hiave been filed to the report and recommendation.^ Absent
objection, the district court 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)(C), and "need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of
the record" in order to accept the recommendation. FED. R. CiV. P. 72(b), advisory
committee's note to 1983 amendment. The Court has reviewed the R&R and finds
no clear error and that the R&R is supported by law.
The Court APPROVES AND ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation
Doc. 7] as the as the Opinion and Order of the Court.
It is hereby O R D E R E D that Defendants' Motion to Consolidate Actions
[Doc. 6] is GRANTED, that this case be CONSOLIDATED with Richard H.
Walker and Patrice A. George v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., et al.. Civil
Action No. 17-CV-3307-MHC-CMS, and that this case be
ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSED.

^ The copy of the R&R mailed to Plaintiffs was retumed as "not deliverable as
addressed" and "unable to forward." [Docs. 9 & 10.] "The failure . . . of a party
appearing pro se to keep the clerk's office informed of any change in address
and/or telephone number which causes a delay or otherwise adversely affects the
management of the case shall constitute grounds either for dismissal of the action
without prejudice or for entry of a default judgment." LR 41.2B, NDGa.
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IT IS SO ORDERED this 27th day of November, 2017.

MARK H. COHEN
United States District Judge

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