Builders Insulation of Tennessee, LLC v. Southern Energy Solutions et al

Filing 209

ORDER ADOPTING 208 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION. Signed by Judge Thomas L. Parker on 07/13/2020. (kah)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
WESTERN DIVISION

BUILDERS INSULATION OF
TENNESSEE, LLC,
Plaintiff,
v.
SOUTHERN ENERGY SOLUTIONS,
THOMAS WALKER DAVIS, and TERI
LEIGH DAVIS,
Defendant.

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No. 2:17-cv-02668-TLP-tmp

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

The Magistrate Court issued a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) addressing the
amended declaration in support of attorneys’ fees submitted by counsel for Plaintiff, Builders
Insulation of Tennessee, LLC (“Builders”). (ECF No. 208.) The Magistrate Court
recommended that the Court award Builders $19,424.50 in attorneys’ fees from the Defendants,
Thomas Walker Davis and Teri Leigh Davis (collectively, “the Davises”). (Id.) This award
reflects $2,482.00 in reductions for block billings and billing entries unrelated to the notice of
noncompliance and the motion for sanctions, as well as $1,876.00 in reductions for post-ruling
billing entries. (Id. at PageID 2823.) Neither party objected to the R&R and the time to do so
has now passed. 1
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b)(2), “[w]ithin 14 days of being served with a
copy of the recommended disposition, a party may serve and file specific written objections to

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Objections to the R&R were due 14 days after entry of the R&R—June 16, 2020

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the proposed findings and recommendations.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2). Neither party objected
to the R&R, and the time for filing objections has expired. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(2), 6(d),
72(b)(2). When 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.” Fed. R. Civ. P.
72(b) advisory committee notes.
Having reviewed the R&R, the Court finds no clear error and ADOPTS the R&R in its
entirety and AWARDS Builders $19,424.50 in attorneys’ fees from the Davises.
SO ORDERED, this 13th day of July, 2020.
s/Thomas L. Parker
THOMAS L. PARKER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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