UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF:

THE COMPLAINT AND PETITION OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA MARITIME, INC., Case No. 2:20-cv-00552-JLB-NPM d/b/a SEA TOW FORT MYERS, and its stockholders, as owners and/or owners pro hac vice of a 1987 24’ XDC Fiberglass Outboard Vessel, Registration Number FL4439SJ, including her engines, gear, tackle, appurtenances, equipment, furniture, etc., for exoneration from and/or limitation of liability,

Petitioners. / ORDER The Magistrate Judge filed a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) in this matter on December 15, 2020, recommending that Petitioners’ motion for final judgment of exoneration of liability be granted in this admiralty action. (Doc. 21.) No objections have been filed. A district judge may accept, reject, or modify the magistrate judge’s R&R.

(b)(1). The factual findings in the R&R need not be reviewed de novo in the absence of an objection, but legal conclusions are always reviewed de novo. Id.; Cooper-Houston v. Southern Ry. Co.,

(11th Cir. 1994); Garvey v. Vaughn,

, 779 n.9 (11th Cir. 1993). After an independent review of the record—and noting that no objections have been filed—the Court agrees with the well-reasoned R&R. Petitioners have complied with all the procedural obligations of Supplemental Rule 4(F), and default judgment should therefore be entered against potential claimants who have failed to file or otherwise state a claim in response to the Complaint and Petition for Exoneration from and/or Limitation of Liability. (Doc. 1.) Accordingly, it is ORDERED: 1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 21) is ADOPTED. 2. Petitioner’s Motion for Entry of Final Judgment of Exoneration of Liability (Doc. 20) is GRANTED. 3. The Clerk SHALL enter a default judgment against all claimants who have not timely filed claims or responded to the Complaint and Petition for Exoneration from and/or Limitation of Liability. (Doc. 1.) 4, Petitioners SHALL be exonerated from all liability arising out of the incident described in the Complaint and Petition for Exoneration from and/or Limitation of Liability. (Doc. 1.) 5. The Clerk is directed to close the case. ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida, on January 13, 2021.

JOHN L. BADALAMENTI UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE