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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO. 25-cv-20962-ALTMAN/Matthewman
LUCIA L. CASTILLO,
Plaintiff,
v.
FRANK BISIGNANO,1
Defendant.
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ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
This case came before us when the Plaintiff sought our review of an Administrative Law
Judge’s denial of the Plaintiff’s various applications for Social Security benefits. See Complaint [ECF
No. 1]. Both the Plaintiff and the Defendant filed cross-motions for summary judgment, and we
referred those to Magistrate Judge William Matthewman for a report and recommendation. See Order
Referring Case [ECF No. 8]. On January 13, 2026, Magistrate Judge Matthewman issued his Report
and Recommendation (the “R&R”) [ECF No. 18], in which he “recommends that the decision of the
Commissioner 	be 	AFFIRMED.” 	Id. 	at 	24. 	In 	other 	words, 	Magistrate 	Judge 	Matthewman
“recommend[ed] that Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 13] be DENIED, and
Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 16] be GRANTED.” Ibid.
Magistrate Judge Matthewman also issued the following warning:
The parties shall have fourteen (14) days from the date of being served with a copy of
this Report and Recommendation within which to file written objections, if any, with
United States District Judge Roy K. Altman. Failure to file objections timely shall bar
the parties from a de novo determination by the District Judge of an issue covered in
the Report and Recommendation and shall bar the parties from attacking on appeal
1 Frank Bisignano became the Commissioner of Social Security on May 7, 2025. We therefore
substitute Bisignano for Lee Dudek under Rule 25(d).
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unobjected-to 	factual 	and 	legal 	conclusions 	contained 	in 	this 	Report 	and
Recommendation.
Ibid. (first citing 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); then citing Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985); then citing
Henley v. Johnson, 885 F.2d 790, 794 (11th Cir. 1989); and then citing 11th Cir. R. 3-1 (2016)). More
than fourteen days have passed, and neither side has objected. See generally Docket.
When a magistrate judge’s “disposition” has been properly objected to, district courts must
review that disposition de novo. FED . R. C IV . P. 72(b)(3). But, when no party has timely objected, “the
court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept
the recommendation.” FED . R. C IV . P. 72 advisory committee’s notes (citation omitted). Although
Rule 72 itself is silent on the standard of review, the Supreme Court has acknowledged that Congress’s
intent was to require de novo review only where objections have been properly filed—and not, as here,
when no party objects. 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 [judge]’s factual or legal conclusions, under a
de novo or any other standard, when neither party objects to those findings.”). In any event, the “[f]ailure
to object to the magistrate [judge]’s factual findings after notice precludes a later attack on these
findings.” Lewis v. Smith, 855 F.2d 736, 738 (11th Cir. 1988) (citing Nettles v. Wainwright, 677 F.2d 404,
410 (5th Cir. 1982)).
Having reviewed the R&R, the record, and the applicable law—and finding no clear error on
the face of the R&R—we hereby ORDER and ADJUDGE as follows:
1. 	The Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 18] is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED
in full.
2. 	The Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 13] is DENIED and the
Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED [ECF No. 16].
3. 	A final judgment under FED . R. C IV . P. 58 is forthcoming.
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DONE AND ORDERED in the Southern District of Florida on January 28, 2026.
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ROY K. ALTMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
cc: 	counsel of record
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