Opinion
Case No. 08-CV-3648 (FB) (CLP).
August 5, 2009
For the Plaintiff: AVRAM H. SCHREIBER, ESQ., New York, New York.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
On July 16, 2009, Magistrate Judge Cheryl L. Pollak issued a Report and Recommendation ("R R") recommending that plaintiffs be awarded damages in the amount of $17,159.71, representing $7,452.48 in principal contributions; $1,153.68 in interest; $4,111.49 in liquidated damages; and $4,442.06 in attorneys' fees and costs. See R R at 20. The R R also stated that failure to object within ten days would preclude appellate review. See id. According to the docket, the Clerk's office mailed a copy of the R R to defendant on July 17, 2009; no objections have been filed.
If clear notice has been given of the consequences of failure to object, and there are no objections, the Court may adopt the R R without de novo review. See Mario v. P C Food Mkts., Inc., 313 F.3d 758, 766 (2d Cir. 2002) ("Where parties receive clear notice of the consequences, failure timely to object to a magistrate's report and recommendation operates as a waiver of further judicial review of the magistrate's decision."). The Court will excuse the failure to object and conduct de novo review if it appears that the magistrate judge may have committed plain error, see Spence v. Superintendent, Great Meadow Corr. Facility, 219 F.3d 162, 174 (2d Cir. 2000); no such error appears here. Accordingly, the Court adopts the R R without de novo review and directs the Clerk to enter judgment in accordance with the R R.