Key v. Metro Nashville TN Police Department

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION

AARON STEVEN KEY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) NO. 3:20-cv-00565 METRO NASHVILLE POLICE ) DEPARTMENT; NASHVILLE FBI; ) NASHVILLE TBI; and CARTHAGE TN ) POLICE DEPARTMENT, ) ) Defendants. )

ORDER Before the Court is the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) (Doc. No. 30) recommending that Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss (Doc. Nos. 18, 20) be granted and that Key’s claims against all Defendants be dismissed. No objections have been filed. If there are no objections, the district court is not required to review the R&R de novo, and should “adopt the magistrate’s findings and rulings to which no specific objection is filed.” Benson v. Walden Sec., No. 3:18-cv-0010, 2018 WL 6322332, at *3 (M.D. Tenn. Dec. 4, 2018) (citing Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140 (1985)); see also Frias v. Frias, No. 2:18-cv-00076, 2019 WL 549506, at *2 (M.D. Tenn. Feb. 12, 2019). The Court has nonetheless reviewed the R&R and the file in accordance with Rule 72 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Accordingly, the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 30) is APPROVED and ADOPTED. Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss (Doc. Nos. 18, 20) are GRANTED, Defendants Nashville FBI, Nashville TBI, and Smith County Jail and Sheriff’s Office are DISMISSED pursuant to Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and this action is DISMISSED in its entirety as to all claims and defendants. This Order constitutes a final judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 58, and the Clerk is directed to close the file. IT IS SO ORDERED.

WAVERLY ‘RENSHAW, JR. CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE