IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION

CALEB A TAYLOR, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 3:19-cv-00401 v. ) JUDGE RICHARDSON ) EMPLOYEES AT SUMNER COUNTY ) JAIL, et al., ) ) Defendants.

ORDER Pending before the Court is a Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge (Doc. No. 26), recommending that Plaintiff’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 25) be granted and that the action be dismissed without prejudice. No Objections to the Report and Recommendation have been filed. The failure to object to a report and recommendation releases the Court from its duty to independently review the matter. Frias v. Frias, No. 2:18-cv-00076,

, at * 2 (M.D. Tenn. Feb. 12, 2019); Hart v. Bee Property Mgmt., No. 18-cv-11851,

, at * 1 (E.D. Mich. March 18, 2019) (citing Thomas v. Arn,

(1985). The district court is not required to review, under a de novo or any other standard, those aspects of the report and recommendation to which no objection is made. Ashraf v. Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc.,

(W.D. Tenn. 2018); Benson v. Walden Security, No. 3:18-cv-0010,

, at * 3 (M.D. Tenn. Dec. 4, 2018). The district court should adopt the magistrate judge’s findings and rulings to which no specific objection is filed.

Nonetheless, the Court has reviewed the Report and Recommendation and the file. The Report and Recommendation is adopted and approved. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 25) is GRANTED. Defendant Jack Babbitt’s pending Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 22) is DENIED as moot, and this action is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. This Order shall constitute the final judgment in this case under Fed. R. Civ. P. 58. IT IS SO ORDERED.

ELI RICHARDSON UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE