Opinion
3:17-cv-01525
08-23-2022
JESSICA BAREFIELD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JACKIE HILLMAN, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
ELI RICHARDSON UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
Pending before the Court is a Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge (Doc. No. 102), recommending that the present action be dismissed without prejudice for Plaintiff's failure to prosecute, and that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 99, “Motion”) be denied as moot. 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, Defendants' Motion is DENIED as moot, and this action is DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to prosecute. This Order shall constitute final judgment for purposes of Fed.R.Civ.P. 58, and the Clerk is directed to close the file.
IT IS SO ORDERED.