UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE

STACY WOOD and DARRELL WOOD, ) individually and as Next Friend of J.W., ) Case No. 3:18-cv-380 T.W., S.W., A.W., and C.W., minors, ) ) Judge Travis R. McDonough Plaintiffs, ) ) Magistrate Judge Debra C. Poplin v. ) ) CINDY VAN OVER, individually, et al., ) ) Defendants. )

ORDER

Before the Court are the parties’ joint motions to approve minor settlements (Docs. 86, 89.) On November 26, 2019, United States Magistrate Judge Debra C. Poplin filed her report and recommendation pursuant to

(b)(1). (Doc. 110.) Magistrate Judge Poplin recommended that the parties’ joint motion to approve minor settlements be granted. (Id.) Neither party has filed any objections to Magistrate Judge Poplin’s report and recommendation.1 Additionally, as noted by Magistrate Judge Poplin, the parties submit that the proposed settlement is fair and reasonable. (Id. at 8.) Nevertheless, the Court has conducted a review of the report and recommendation, as well as the record, and it agrees with Magistrate Judge

1 Magistrate Judge Poplin specifically advised the parties that they had fourteen days in which to object to the report and recommendation and that failure to do so would waive their right to appeal. (Doc. 110, at 8 n.2); see Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2); see also Thomas v. Arn,

, 148–51 (1985) (noting that “[i]t does not appear that Congress intended to require district court review of a magistrate’s factual or legal conclusions, under a de novo or any other standard, when neither party objects to those findings”). Even taking into account the three additional days for service provided by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(d), the period in which the parties could timely file any objections has now expired. Poplin’s well-reasoned conclusions. Accordingly, the Court will ACCEPT and ADOPT Magistrate Judge Poplin’s report and recommendation (Doc. 110). The parties’ joint motions to approve minor settlements (Docs. 86, 89) are GRANTED. The settlements are APPROVED. SO ORDERED. /s/ Travis R. McDonough TRAVIS R. MCDONOUGH UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE