Smith v. Meigs County et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT CHATTANOOGA
TABATHA MARIE SMITH (deceased) (aka 	)
Tabatha Marie Colbaugh), by and through her 	)
surviving children Nathan Alexander Smith, JE 	)
through next friend JH, NR through next friend 	)
SR, and LC through next friend EH, 	)
)
Plaintiffs, 	)
v. 	) 	No. 1:24-CV-00151-DCLC-CHS
)
MEIGS COUNTY and ESTATE OF ROBERT 	)
J. LEONARD (deceased), by and through Neal 	)
Pinkston as Administrator ad Litem, 	)
)
Defendants. 	)
ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Chief United States Magistrate Judge Christopher H.
Steger’s Report and Recommendation [Doc. 187]. Chief Magistrate Judge Steger recommends
the Court amend the Amended Scheduling Order [Doc. 123] to accommodate the parties’ request
for an extension of deadlines. [R. & R., Doc. 187, at 4]. He also recommends the Court dismiss
as moot Plaintiffs’ Joint Omnibus Motion to Amend Scheduling Order and for Leave to Re-
Depose Additional Witnesses [Doc. 179]. [Id.]. None of the parties has timely objected to Chief
Magistrate Judge Steger’s report and recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P.
72(b); see Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 150 (1985) (“It 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.”).
Having carefully reviewed the record, the Court agrees with Chief Magistrate Judge
Steger’s 	recommendation. 	The 	Court 	therefore 	ACCEPTS 	IN 	WHOLE 	the 	report 	and
recommendation under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b). For the
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reasons in the report and recommendation, which the Court adopts and incorporates into this
Judgment Order, the Court will enter an amended scheduling order in which it accommodates
the parties’ requested extension of deadlines, and Plaintiffs’ Joint Omnibus Motion to Amend
Scheduling Order and for Leave to Re-Depose Additional Witnesses [Doc. 179] is DENIED AS
MOOT.
SO ORDERED:
s/Clifton L. Corker
United States District Judge
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