Opinion
CASE NO. 15-CV-12954
08-03-2018
WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff, v. RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALISTS, INC., AMARILD USHE, and BURT HOLT, Defendants and RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALISTS, INC. AND AMARILD USHE, Counter-Plaintiffs, v. WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE CO., Counter-Defendant
OPINION AND ORDER DENYING WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY'S OBJECTIONS TO THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S APRIL 27, 2018 OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO STRIKE (Doc. 147)
Now before the court is Wausau Underwriters Insurance Company's ("Plaintiff") objections to Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Stafford's April 27, 2018 opinion and order (the "order") (Doc. 144) denying Plaintiff's motion to strike. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(a) provides that a district judge may modify or set aside any part of a magistrate judge's order on a non-dispositive matter if it is "clearly erroneous or contrary to law." Similarly, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) provides that a district court may reconsider any non-dispositive pretrial matter referred to the magistrate judge where the order is "clearly erroneous or contrary to law." Legal conclusions are reviewed under the plenary "contrary to law" standard. Sedwick Ins. v. F.A.B.E. Custom Downstream Sys., Inc., 47 F. Supp. 3d 536, 538 (E.D. Mich. 2014). Because Magistrate Judge Stafford's order is not clearly erroneous or contrary to law, Plaintiff's objections (Doc. 147) are DENIED and the opinion and order denying Plaintiff's motion to strike (Doc. 144) is AFFIRMED.
IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: August 3, 2018
s/George Caram Steeh
GEORGE CARAM STEEH
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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August 3, 2018, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.