Poulos v. City of New York et al

Filing 110

ORDER for 109 Report and Recommendations. The Court has reviewed carefully Magistrate Judge Moses' thorough and well-reasoned Report and finds no clear error. The Court therefore adopts the Report in its entirety for the reasons stated therein. The Clerk of Court is respectfully requested to enter judgment accordingly and close this case. This Order resolves docket entry no. 103.(As further set forth in this Order.) (Signed by Judge Laura Taylor Swain on 8/6/2018) (cf)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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TYSON POULOS,
Plaintiff,
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No. 14 CV 3023-LTS-BCM

CITY OF NEW YORK, et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER

The Court has reviewed Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses’ July 13, 2018, Report
and Recommendation (the “Report”) (docket entry no. 109), which recommends that plaintiff be
awarded (i) $100,000 in compensatory damages against Defendant Brown, (ii) $75,000 in
punitive damages against Defendant Brown, (iii) $325,003 in compensatory damages against
Defendant McFadden, and (iv) $21,418.75 in attorneys’ fees and $724.09 in costs to be paid by
Defendant Brown. No objections to the Report have been received.
In reviewing a report and recommendation, a district court “may accept, reject, or
modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate [judge].”
28 U.S.C.A. § 636(b)(1)(C) (LexisNexis 2017). “In a case such as this one, where no timely
objection has been made, a district court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the
face of the record.” Johnson v. New York University School of Education, No. 00 Civ. 8117, at
*1, 2003 WL 21433443 (S.D.N.Y. June 16, 2003).
The Court has reviewed carefully Magistrate Judge Moses’ thorough and wellreasoned Report and finds no clear error. The Court therefore adopts the Report in its entirety

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for the reasons stated therein. The Clerk of Court is respectfully requested to enter judgment
accordingly and close this case.
This Order resolves docket entry no. 103.

SO ORDERED.
Dated: New York, New York
August 6, 2018
/s/ Laura Taylor Swain
LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN
United States District Judge

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