Elliott et al v. Smith & Nephew, Inc. et al

Filing 59

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION. NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation 57 shall be INCORPORATED by reference and ADOPTED in its entirety. A separate scheduling order shall be entered and the Motion for Leave to Serve Additional Interrogatories 54 shall be WITHDRAWN. Signed by Judge Edward J. Lodge. (caused to be mailed to non Registered Participants at the addresses listed on the Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) by (st)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO L. WAYNE ELLIOTT & NORMA ELLIOT, husband and wife, Case No. 1:12-CV-0070-EJL Plaintiffs, ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION v. SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., et al, Defendants. The United States Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation in this matter. (Dkt. 57.) Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 636(b)(1), the parties had fourteen days in which to file written objections to the Report and Recommendation. No objections were filed by the parties and the time for doing so has passed. DISCUSSION Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 636(b)(1)(C), this Court Amay accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings and recommendations made by the magistrate judge.@ Where the parties object to a report and recommendation, this Court Ashall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report which objection is made.@ Id. Where, however, no objections are filed the district court need not conduct a de novo review. In ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION - 1 United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003), the court interpreted the requirements of 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1)(C): The statute [28 U.S.C. ' 636(b)(1)(C)] makes it clear that the district judge must review the magistrate judge's findings and recommendations de novo if objection is made, but not otherwise. As the Peretz Court instructed, Ato the extent de novo review is required to satisfy Article III concerns, it need not be exercised unless requested by the parties.@ Peretz, 501 U.S. at 939 (internal citation omitted). Neither the Constitution nor the statute requires a district judge to review, de novo, findings and recommendations that the parties themselves accept as correct. See Ciapponi, 77 F.3d at 1251 (AAbsent an objection or request for review by the defendant, the district court was not required to engage in any more formal review of the plea proceeding.@); see also Peretz, 501 U.S. at 937-39 (clarifying that de novo review not required for Article III purposes unless requested by the parties) . . . . See also Wang v. Masaitis, 416 F.3d 993, 1000 & n.13 (9th Cir. 2005). Furthermore, to the extent that no objections are made, arguments to the contrary are waived. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72; 28 U.S.C. ' 636(b)(1) (objections are waived if they are not filed within fourteen days of service of the Report and Recommendation). AWhen no timely objection is filed, the Court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation.@ Advisory Committee Notes to Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 (citing Campbell v. United States Dist. Court, 501 F.2d 196, 206 (9th Cir.1974)). In this case, no objections were filed so the Court is not required to conduct a de novo determination of the Report and Recommendation. The Court has, however, reviewed the Report and Recommendation and the record in this matter and finds no clear error on the face of the record. Moreover, the Court finds the Report and Recommendation is ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION - 2 well-founded in the law based on the facts of this particular case and this Court is in agreement with the same. ORDER NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Dkt. 57 ) shall be INCORPORATED by reference and ADOPTED in its entirety. A separate scheduling order shall be entered and the Motion for Leave to Serve Additional Interrogatories (Dkt. 54) shall be WITHDRAWN. SO ORDERED. DATED: July 9, 2013 _________________________ Edward J. Lodge United States District Judge ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION - 3

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