Opinion
Case No: 2:15-cv-728-FtM-38CM
06-25-2018
GP, minor child by and through her Mother, JP Plaintiff, v. LEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, Defendant.
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This matter comes before the Court on United States Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 96) on Defendant Lee County School Board's Motion to Tax Costs (Doc. 88). Judge Mirando recommends that the Motion to Tax Costs be granted in part and denied in part. (Doc. 96). No party has objected to the Report and Recommendation, and the period to do so has lapsed. This matter is ripe for review.
After conducting a careful and complete review of the findings and recommendations, a district judge may accept, reject, or modify the magistrate judge's report and recommendation. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); see also Williams v. Wainwright, 681 F.2d 732 (11th Cir. 1982). In the absence of specific objections, there is no requirement that a district judge review factual findings de novo, Garvey v. Vaughn, 993 F.2d 776, 779 n.9 (11th Cir. 1993), and the court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings and recommendations, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). The district judge reviews legal conclusions de novo, even in the absence of an objection. See Cooper-Houston v. Southern Ry. Co., 37 F.3d 603, 604 (11th Cir. 1994).
After conducting an independent examination of the file and on consideration of Judge Mirando's findings and recommendation, the Court accepts the Report and Recommendation. Defendant Lee County School Board shall be granted a total of $5,602.25 in costs.
Accordingly, it is now
ORDERED:
1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 96) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED and the findings incorporated herein.
2. Defendant Lee County School Board's Motion to Tax Costs (Doc. 88) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Defendant Lee County School Board is awarded $5,602.25 in costs.
3. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to enter an Amended Judgment accordingly.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida this 25th day of June 2018.
/s/ _________
SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Copies: All Parties of Record