Lewis v. Williamson County, Texas

Filing 150

ORDER ADOPTING 142 Report and Recommendations. Signed by Judge Alan D Albright. (dm)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
AUSTIN DIVISION
SCOTT PHILLIP LEWIS,
Plaintiff,
v.
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS,
Defendant.

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CIVIL NO. A-21-CV-00074-ADA

ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE
JUDGE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge
Susan Hightower. ECF No. 142. The report recommends Defendant Williamson County, Texas’
Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 124) be GRANTED. The report and recommendation
was filed on January 24, 2024.
A party may file specific, written objections to the proposed findings and recommendations
of the magistrate judge within fourteen days after being served with a copy of the report and
recommendation, thereby securing de novo review by the district court. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b); Fed.
R. Civ. P. 72(b). A district court need not consider “[f]rivolous, conclusive, or general objections.”
Battle v. U.S. Parole Comm’n, 834 F.2d 419, 421 (5th Cir. 1987) (quoting Nettles v. Wainwright,
677 F.2d 404, 410 n.8 (5th Cir. 1982) (en banc), overruled on other grounds by Douglass v. United
States Auto. Ass’n, 79 F.3d 1415 (5th Cir. 1996)).
Plaintiff filed objections on February 7, 2024. ECF No. 145. The Court has conducted a de
novo review of the motion for summary judgment, the responses, the report and recommendation,
the objection to the report and recommendation, and the applicable laws. After that thorough

review, the Court is persuaded that the Magistrate Judge’s findings and recommendation should
be adopted.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of United States
Magistrate Judge Susan Hightower, ECF No. 142, is ADOPTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s objections are OVERRULED.
IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No.
124, is GRANTED in accordance with the Report and Recommendation.

SIGNED this 10th day of May, 2024.

ALAN D ALBRIGHT
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE