Towns v. Cowan et al

Filing 145

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS 136 in its entirety and denying 123 Motion for Default Judgment. Signed by Judge J. Phil Gilbert on 1/23/2012. (jdh)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
SHERRELL C. TOWNS,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 10-cv-264-JPG-PMF

REBECCA COWAN, et al.,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation (“Report”) (Doc.
136) of Magistrate Judge Philip M. Frazier recommending that the Court deny plaintiff Sherrell
C. Towns’ motion for default judgment against defendant Todd Cowell (Doc. 123).
The Court may accept, reject or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or
recommendations of the magistrate judge in a report and recommendation. Fed. R. Civ. P.
72(b)(3). The Court must review de novo the portions of the report to which objections are
made. Id. “If no objection or only partial objection is made, the district court judge reviews
those unobjected portions for clear error.” Johnson v. Zema Systems Corp., 170 F.3d 734, 739
(7th Cir. 1999).
The Court has received no objection to the Report. The Court has reviewed the entire file
and finds that the Report is not clearly erroneous. Accordingly, the Court hereby ADOPTS the
Report in its entirety (Doc. 136) and DENIES Towns’ motion for default judgment (Doc. 123).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: January 23, 2012
s/ J. Phil Gilbert
J. PHIL GILBERT
DISTRICT JUDGE