Opinion
Case No. 3:18-cr-209-J-34MCR
07-22-2019
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JIMMY RAY LIGHTSEY
ORDER
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Magistrate Judge Monte C. Richardson's Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 41; Report), entered on July 3, 2019. In the Report, Magistrate Judge Richardson recommends that Defendant's Motion to Suppress (Doc. No. 24) be denied. See Report at 18. No objections to the Report have been filed, and the time for doing so has now passed.
The Court reviews a magistrate judge's report and recommendation in accordance with the requirements of Rule 59, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (Rule(s)) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The Court "may accept, reject or modify, in whole or in part, the findings of the recommendations made by the magistrate judge." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); see also Rule 59(b)(3). "[I]n determining whether to accept, reject, or modify the magistrate's report and recommendations, the district court has the duty to conduct a careful and complete review." Williams v. Wainwright, 681 F.2d 732, 732 (11th Cir. 1982 (quoting Nettles v. Wainright, 677 F.2d 404, 408 (5th Cir. Unit B 1982)). Additionally, pursuant to Rule 59 and § 636(b)(1), where a party timely objects to the magistrate judge's report and recommendation, "[a] judge of the [district] court shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); see also Rule 59(b)(3); Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149-50 (1985). Nevertheless, while de novo review of a magistrate judge's recommendation is required only where an objection is made, the Court always retains the authority to review such a recommendation in the exercise of its discretion. See Rule 59 advisory committee notes (2005) (citing Thomas, 474 U.S. at 154; Matthews v. Weber, 423 U.S. 261, 270-71 (1976)).
In Bonner v. City of Prichard, 661 F.2d 1206, 1207 (11th Cir. 1981), the Eleventh Circuit adopted as binding precedent decisions of the former Fifth Circuit (including Unit A panel discussions of that circuit) handed down prior to October 1, 1981. W.R. Huff Asset Mgmt. Co., L.L.C. v. Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co., L.P., 556 F.3d 979, 985 n.6 (11th Cir. 2009). After October 1, 1981, "only decisions of the continuing Fifth Circuit's Administrative Unit B are binding on this circuit. . . ." Dresdner Bank AG v. M/V Olympia Voyager, 446 F.3d 1377, 1381 n. 1 (11th Cir. 2006). The Court notes that the Fifth Circuit overruled Nettles, in part, on other grounds, in Douglass v. United Services Auto. Ass'n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1428-29 (5th Cir. 1996)(en banc). However, "that does not change the binding effect of Nettles in this Circuit because Douglass was decided after October 1, 1981 and was not a Unit B decision." United States v. Schultz, 565 F.3d 1353, 1360 n.4 (11th Cir. 2009).
Both 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1) and Rule 59(b)(2) require a party wishing to object to a magistrate judge's recommendation to serve and file any objections within fourteen (14) days of being served with the magistrate's recommendation. Rule 59 further provides that a "[f]ailure to object in accordance with this rule waives a party's right to review." Rule 59(b)(2).
See Rule 59 advisory committee notes (2005) (citing Peretz v. United States, 501 U.S. 923 (1991)). --------
Upon careful consideration and independent review of the record, the Court will accept and adopt the factual and legal conclusions recommended by the Magistrate Judge.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED:
1. The Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 41) is ADOPTED as the opinion of the Court.
2. Defendant's Motion to Suppress (Doc. No. 24) is DENIED.
DONE AND ORDERED at Jacksonville, Florida, this 22nd day of July, 2019.
/s/_________
MARCIA MORALES HOWARD
United States District Judge ja Copies to: Counsel of Record