Opinion
Civil Action 17-60550-Civ-Scola
12-28-2023
United States of America, Plaintiff, v. Jean-Philippe Boursiquot and others, Defendants.
ORDER ADOPTING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ROBERT N. SCOLA, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
This matter was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Alicia M. Otazo-Reyes for a report and recommendations on the Plaintiff United States of America's motion for an award of attorney's fees and costs incurred in preparing for and attending the August 30, 2023, show-cause hearing on the Defendant Jean-Philippe Boursiquot's failure to pay the contempt sanction entered against him in 2021. On November 3, 2023, Judge Otazo-Reyes entered a report recommending that the motion be granted, and that the Court award the United States the total sum of $3,468.44 as reasonable attorney's fees and costs. (Report & Recommendations, ECF No. 193.) On December 1, 2023, in response to an order from the Court, the United States confirmed that Mr. Boursiquot had been served with a copy of Judge Otazo-Reyes's report, as well as the other relevant materials, at least as of November 24, 2023. (U.S. Resp., ECF No. 196.) No party has objected to Judge Otazo-Reyes's report, and the time to do so has passed.
Having considered Judge Otazo-Reyes's report, the record, and the relevant legal authorities, this Court finds Judge Otazo-Reyes's report and recommendations cogent and compelling. A district court judge need conduct a de novo review of only “those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.” 28 U.S.C. § 636. Where no objections are made, a report may be adopted in full without conducting a de novo review, provided no plain error exists. E.g., id.; Menendez v. Naples Cmty. Hosp. Inc., No. 2:20-CV-898-SPC-MRM, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 215317, 2021 WL 5178496, at *1 (M.D. Fla. Nov. 8, 2021) (collecting cases).
Accordingly, as neither party has objected to Judge Otazo-Reyes's report (ECF No. 193), the Court adopts the report in full, after finding no plain error with it. The United States' motion is granted (ECF No. 190), and the United States is awarded the total sum of $3,468.44 as reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred by the United States to prepare for and attend the show-cause hearing on Mr. Boursiquot's contempt. The parties are directed to meaningfully confer and reach an agreement regarding the date by which payment must be made.
Done and ordered.