Lawson v. Gossman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MICHAEL LAWSON, 2:24-CV-12461-TGB-PTM Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION v. (ECF NO. 22) HEATHER GROSSMAN, Defendant.

This matter is before the Court on Magistrate Judge Patricia T.

Morris’s September 9, 2025 Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 22) that the case be dismissed for Plaintiff’s failure to prosecute and that Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 15) be denied as moot.

The Court has reviewed Judge Morris’s Report and Recommendation and finds that it is well-reasoned and supported by the applicable law. The law provides that either party may serve and file written objections “[w]ithin fourteen days after being served with a copy” of the report and recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The district court will make a “de novo determination of those portions of the report … to which objection is made.” Id. Where, as here, neither party has specifically objected to the report, the district court is not obligated to independently review the record. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149– (1985). The Court will, therefore, accept Judge Morris’s Report and Recommendation of September 9, 2025, as its findings of fact and conclusions of law.

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that Judge Morris’s Report and Recommendation of September 9, 2025 (ECF No. 22), is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED. It is FURTHER ORDERED that the case is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE and that Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 15) is DENIED as MOOT.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 2, 2025 /s/Terrence G. Berg HON. TERRENCE G. BERG UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE