United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2025

Alicia Frank ex rel Muriel Frank v. Barbara Gingrande and Vitas Healthcare...

Alicia Frank ex rel Muriel Frank v. Barbara Gingrande and Vitas Healthcare...
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida · Decided November 24, 2025
Alicia Frank ex rel Muriel Frank v. Barbara Gingrande and Vitas Healthcare...

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No.: 0:25-cv-61564-WPD ALICIA FRANK ex rel MURIEL FRANK, Petitioner, v. BARBARA GINGRANDE and VITAS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, Respondents. / ORDER ADOPTING AND APPROVING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE; ORDER OF DISMISSAL THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Hunt (the “Report”) [DE 5], issued on November 14, 2025. The Court notes that no objections to the Report [DE 5] have been filed, and the time for filing such objections has passed. As no timely objections were filed, the Magistrate Judge’s factual findings in the Report [DE 5] are hereby adopted and deemed incorporated into this opinion. LoConte v. Dugger, 847 F.2d 745, 749-50 (11th Cir. 1988), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 958 (1988); RTC v. Hallmark Builders, Inc., 996 F.2d 1144, 1149 (11th Cir. 1993).

Although no timely objections were filed, the Court has conducted a de novo review of the Report [DE 5] and record and is otherwise fully advised in the premises. The Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge’s analysis and conclusions.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: 1. The Report [DE 5] is hereby ADOPTED and APPROVED; 2. The Petition is DENIED AS MOOT and the case is DISMISSED; 3. The Clerk shall CLOSE this case.

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, this 24th day of November, 2025.

: “4 i} f J ve ea VILLIAM P. DIMITROULEAS Copies furnished to: United States District Judge Magistrate Judge Hunt Counsel of record

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