UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

Case No.: 20-cv-61587-SINGHAL/Reid

ERVIN L. WATSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

SARAH MANCINI et al.,

Defendants. _______________________________________/

ORDER

THIS CAUSE comes before the Court on United States Magistrate Judge Lisette Reid’s Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) (DE [10]), filed on October 5, 2020. Therein, Magistrate Judge Reid sua sponte considered Plaintiff’s Complaint (DE [1]) and recommends this case be DISMISSED. Parties have fourteen days to file any objections to a magistrate judge’s factual findings. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2); S.D. Fla. Mag. R. 4(b). Here, neither side filed any such objections and the Court afforded Plaintiff an additional week to account for any potential delay in physical mailing. With no objections filed, the Court’s review of the R&R is properly limited to a de novo review of only its legal conclusions. See Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London v. PharmaTech, LLC,

, at *1 (M.D. Fla. Aug. 19, 2019) (“Legal conclusions are reviewed de novo, even in the absence of an objection.”). The Court has reviewed the R&R, the entire file, and the record. The Court would note that the R&R contains one scrivener’s error in the discussion section. There, under subheading B, the title reads “Claim Against Assistant State Attorney Spencer Scott.” A thorough review of the pleadings indicates that portion of the claim brought by Plaintiff here is only against Assistant State Attorney Sara Mancini. The legal analysis under this subheading is however quite correct. The Court has carefully conducted a de novo review of Magistrate Judge Reid’s legal conclusions. Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that United States Magistrate Judge Reid’s Report and Recommendation (DE [10]) is AFFIRMED and ADOPTED. The Complaint (DE [1]) is DISMISSED. The Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE this case and DENY all pending motions as moot. DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this 26th day of October 2020. < UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Copies to counsel via CM/ECF and Plaintiff, pro se