Opinion
Civil Action SA-22-CV-0129-FB
03-11-2024
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA f/u/b TITAN CONSULTANTS & ENGINEERS, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, Plaintiff, v. TOOTLE-QRI JV, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, and THE GRAY INSURANCE COMPANY, a Louisiana Corporation, Defendants.
ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
FRED BIERY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The Court has considered the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge filed in the above-captioned cause on February 22, 2024 (docket #31). According to the CM/ECF system, the Report and Recommendation was electronically transmitted to all the parties on February 23, 2024. To date, the docket reflects no objections to the Report and Recommendation have been received.
Any party who desires to object to a Magistrate's findings and recommendations must serve and file his, her or its written objections within fourteen days after being served with a copy of the findings and recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 635(b)(1). If service upon a party is made by mailing a copy to the party's last known address, “service is complete upon mailing .” FED. R. CIV. P. 5(B)(2)(C). IF SERVICE IS MADE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS, “SERVICE IS COMPLETE UPON TRANSMISSION.” Id. at (E). When the mode of service is by electronic means, three days are no longer added to the time period to act after being served. See Heverling v. McNeil Consumer Pharmaceuticals, Co., Civil Action No. 1:17-CV-1433, 2018 WL 1293304 at *2 n.3 (M.D. Pa. Mar. 13, 2018) (“On April 28, 2016, the Supreme Court adopted changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. In pertinent part, the Court amended Rule 6(d) to remove ‘electronic means' as a mode of service triggering an additional three days to act when a responsive period commences upon service. See FED. R. CIV. P. 6, ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S NOTE TO 2016 AMENDMENT. THE AMENDMENTS TOOK EFFECT ON DECEMBER 1, 2016.”).
Because no party has objected to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, the Court need not conduct a de novo review. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) ("A judge of the court shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings and recommendations to which objection is made."). The Court has reviewed the Report and finds its reasoning to be neither clearly erroneous nor contrary to law. United States v. Wilson, 864 F.2d 1219, 1221 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 492 U.S. 918 (1989). The Recommendation shall therefore be accepted pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) such that Titan Consultants & Engineers' Motion for Summary Judgment (docket #24) shall be GRANTED.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge filed in this cause on February 22, 2024 (docket #31), is ACCEPTED pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) such that Titan Consultants & Engineers' Motion for Summary Judgment (docket #24) is GRANTED; Tootle-QRI JV, LLC's breach of contract claim against Titan Consultants & Engineers (Titan) is DISMISSED; and Titan shall have judgment in its favor and against Tootle-QRI JV, LLC in the principal amount of $30,893.88, plus prejudgment interest at the rate agreed upon by the parties per day beginning on the date of each payment application attached to Titan's Motion for Summary Judgment until Final Judgment, attorney's fees, costs and post-judgment interest at the maximum rate permitted by federal law.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that motions pending, if any, are also DISMISSED, and this case is CLOSED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.