Julian v. MetLife, Inc.

Opinion

DOCUMENT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ELECTRONICALLY FILED SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DOCH DATE FILED:__ 10/19/2020

Julian, et al., Plaintiffs, 17-cv-000957 (AJN) ~ ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND MetLife, Inc., et al., RECOMMENDATION Defendants.

ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge: Before the Court is Judge Moses's Report & Recommendation recommending that the Court grant Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff Arroyo's claims without prejudice. See Dkt. No. 168. When considering the findings and recommendations of a Magistrate Judge, the Court may “accept, reject, or modify [them], in whole or in part.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The Court must make a de novo determination of any portions of a magistrate’s report or findings to which a party raises an objection, and reviews only for “clear error on the face of the record” when there are no timely objections to the Report & Recommendation. Banks v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., No. 19-cv-929 (AJN) (SDA), 2020 WL 2765686, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. May 27, 2020); see also Brennan vy. Colvin, No. 13-cv-6338 (AJN), 2015 WL 1402204, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 25, 2015); Hicks vy. Ercole, No. 09-cv-2531 (AJN) (MHD), 2015 WL 1266800, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 18, 2015); Gomez v. Brown, 655 F. Supp. 2d 332, 341 (S.D.N.Y. 2009). Clear error is found only when, upon review of the entire record, the Court is left with “the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.” Laster v. Mancini, No. 07-CV-8265 (DAB) (MHD), 2013 WL 5405468, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 25, 2013) (quoting United States v. Snow, 462 F.3d 55, 72 (2d Cir. 2006)).

As of this date, no objections to the Report & Recommendation have been filed, and the deadline for objections has passed. See Dkt. No. 157. The Court thus reviews the Report & Recommendation for clear error. It finds none. The Court therefore adopts the Report & Recommendation in its entirety and GRANTS Defendant’s motion to dismiss without prejudice for the reasons provided in Judge Moses's Report and Recommendation.

SO ORDERED. Dated: October 14, 2020 - fe La Me Q New York, New York ALISON J. NATHAN United States District Judge