Opinion
Case No.: 2:16-cv-01272-GMN-CWH
09-19-2017
FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. LORI ALLEN-COOK, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
Pending before the Court is the Report and Recommendation, (ECF No. 47), of United States Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman, which recommends that Defendants J. Scott MacDonald and MacDonald & Associates, Ltd.'s Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement, (ECF No. 30), be granted.
A party may file specific written objections to the findings and recommendations of a United States Magistrate Judge made pursuant to Local Rule IB 1-4. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B); D. Nev. R. IB 3-2. Upon the filing of such objections, the Court must make a de novo determination of those portions to which objections are made. Id. The Court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the Magistrate Judge. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); D. Nev. IB 3-2(b). Where a party fails to object, however, the Court is not required to conduct "any review at all . . . of any issue that is not the subject of an objection." Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985). Indeed, the Ninth Circuit has recognized that a district court is not required to review a magistrate judge's report and recommendation where no objections have been filed. See, e.g., United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1122 (9th Cir. 2003).
Here, no objections were filed, and the deadline to do so has passed.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation, (ECF No. 47), is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED in full.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants J. Scott MacDonald and MacDonald & Associates, Ltd.'s Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement, (ECF No. 30), is GRANTED. The parties are thereby afforded the protection of Nevada Revised Statute 17.245, including but not limited to, dismissal of any claims for equitable indemnity and contribution in this matter.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the claims against Defendants J. Scott MacDonald and MacDonald & Associates, Ltd. are dismissed with prejudice.
DATED this 19 day of September, 2017.
/s/_________
Gloria M. Navarro, Chief Judge
United States District Court