UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION IN ADMIRALTY

NIGEL MORGAN, as owner, for exoneration from or limitation of liability, of a 2018, 37’ Intrepid motor vessel bearing hull identification number IBW37936F7108,

Petitioner,

v. Case No: 2:21-cv-865-JLB-MRM

JOHN/JANE DOE,

Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff.

/ ORDER The Magistrate Judge has entered a Report and Recommendation, recommending that Petitioner Nigel Morgan’s Unopposed Motion for Default Judgment (Doc. 23) be granted, and final default judgment be entered against all individuals and entities who have not filed a claim within these proceedings. (Doc. 24.) Dale Everman filed an answer and claim in this case on February 1, 2022. (Doc. 10.) No other potential claimants to this action have filed answers, claims, or otherwise appeared and the time to do so has expired. A district judge may accept, reject, or modify a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation.

(b)(1). In the absence of objections, a district judge is not required to review the factual findings in the report de novo, but legal conclusions are reviewed de novo even without an objection. Id.; Cooper-Houston v. S. Ry. Co.,

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

, 779 n.9 (11th Cir. 1993). After an independent review of the record, and noting the lack of any objection, the Court agrees with the well reasoned Report and Recommendation. Accordingly, itis ORDERED: 1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 24) is ADOPTED. 2. The Unopposed Motion for Default Judgment (Doc. 23) is GRANTED. 3. The Clerk is DIRECTED to enter final default judgment against all persons and entities that have not filed a claim in this action by the February 1, 2022 deadline. ORDERED at Fort Myers, Florida, on March 28, 2022.

PLD ChabelbraLe JOHN L. BADALAMENTI UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE