Doe v. Haslam et al

Filing 139

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Plaintiffs' Motion for Attorney's Fee Award 128 is granted. The Court has reviewed the Report and Recommendation 138 and the file. The Report and Recommendation is adopted and approved. Acco rdingly, the Court awards attorney's fees of in the amount of $196,042.50 to Doe #1 and $16,379.00 to Doe #2. Signed by District Judge Eli J. Richardson on 11/8/2021. (DOCKET TEXT SUMMARY ONLY-ATTORNEYS MUST OPEN THE PDF AND READ THE ORDER.)(kc)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
JOHN DOE,
Plaintiff,
v.
WILLIAM B. LEE, et al.,
Defendants.
JOHN DOE #2,
Plaintiff,
v.
WILIAM B. LEE, et al.,
Defendants.

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NO. 3:16-cv-2862
JUDGE RICHARDSON

NO. 3:17-cv-0264
JUDGE RICHARDSON

ORDER
Pending before the Court is a Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge (Doc.
No. 138), recommending that Plaintiffs’ Motion for Attorney’s Fee Award (Doc. No. 128) be
granted and that the Court award attorney’s fees to Doe #1 in the amount of $196,042.50 and to
Doe #2 in the amount of $16,379.00. No Objections to the Report and Recommendation have been
filed.
The failure to object to a report and recommendation releases the Court from its duty to
independently review the matter. Frias v. Frias, No. 2:18-cv-00076, 2019 WL 549506, at *2 (M.D.
Tenn. Feb. 12, 2019); Hart v. Bee Property Mgmt., No. 18-cv-11851, 2019 WL 1242372, at * 1
(E.D. Mich. March 18, 2019) (citing Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985)). The district court

is not required to review, under a de novo or any other standard, those aspects of the report and
recommendation to which no objection is made. Ashraf v. Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc.,
322 F. Supp. 3d 879, 881 (W.D. Tenn. 2018); Benson v. Walden Security, No. 3:18-cv-0010, 2018
WL 6322332, at *3 (M.D. Tenn. Dec. 4, 2018). The district court should adopt the magistrate
judge’s findings and rulings to which no specific objection is filed. Id.
Nonetheless, the Court has reviewed the Report and Recommendation and the file. The
Report and Recommendation is adopted and approved. Accordingly, the Court awards attorney’s
fees of in the amount of $196,042.50 to Doe #1 and $16,379.00 to Doe #2.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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ELI RICHARDSON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE