Watkins v. Tipton County Sheriff Office et al

Filing 65

ORDER ADOPTING 63 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND GRANTING 52 MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT. Signed by Judge Sheryl H. Lipman on 3/5/2019. (shl)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
WESTERN DIVISION
THELMA A. WATKINS,
Plaintiff,
v.
OFFICER SAEMENES,
Defendant.

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No. 2:18-cv-02289-SHL-dkv

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND
GRANTING DEFENDANT OFFICER SAEMENES’
MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Before the Court is Magistrate Judge Diane K. Vescovo’s (“Magistrate Judge”) Report
and Recommendation (“Report”) (ECF No. 63), filed February 8, 2019, recommending that the
Court grant Defendant Officer Saemenes’ Motion for Summary Judgment. (ECF No. 52.)
A magistrate judge may submit to a judge of the court proposed findings of fact,
proposed conclusions of law and recommendations for summary judgment. 28 U.S.C.
§ 636(b)(1)(A)–(B). “Within 14 days after being served with a copy of the recommended
disposition, a party may serve and file specific written objections to the proposed findings and
recommendations.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2); see also 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (2017). A district
court reviews de novo only those proposed findings of fact or conclusions of law to which a
party specifically objects. § 636(b)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3).
Plaintiff Thelma A. Watkins has filed no objections to the Magistrate Judge’s Report, and
the deadline to do so has now passed. The Court has reviewed the Report for clear error and
finds none. Therefore, the Court ADOPTS the Magistrate Judge’s Report and hereby GRANTS
Defendant Saemenes’ Motion for Summary Judgment.

IT IS SO ORDERED, this 5th day of March, 2019.
s/ Sheryl H. Lipman
SHERYL H. LIPMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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