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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 
FORT PIERCE DIVISION 
 
 CASE NO. 25-14351-CIV-CANNON/McCabe 
TONYA WOODWORTH, 
            
 Plaintiff, 
v. 
 
SAINT LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF, 
 
Defendant. 
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ORDER ACCEPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION  
 
THIS CAUSE  comes before the Court upon Magistrate Judge McCabe’s  Report and 
Recommendation (the “Report”), issued on June 1, 2026 [ECF No. 20].  The Report recommends 
that Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint for  Failure to State a Claim (the 
“Motion”) [ECF No. 15] be granted  in part and denied in part .  No party filed objections to the 
Report, and the time to do so has expired.  Upon review of the Report and the Motion, the Report 
[ECF No. 20 ] is ACCEPTED, and the Motion [ECF No. 15] is GRANTED IN PART AND 
DENIED IN PART for the reasons stated in the Report.  
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To challenge the findings and recommendations of a magistrate judge, a party must file 
specific written objections identifying the portions of the proposed findings and recommendation 
to which objection is made.  See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3); Heath v. Jones , 863 F.2d 815, 822 
(11th Cir. 1989); Macort v. Prem, Inc ., 208 F. App’x 781, 784 (11th Cir. 2006).  A district court 
reviews de novo those portions of the report to which objection is made and may accept, reject, 
or modify in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.  
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28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).  To the extent a party fails to object to parts of the magistrate judge’s report, 
the Court may accept the recommendation so long as there is no clear error on the face of the 
record.  Macort, 208 F. App’x at 784.   
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Following review, the Court finds no clear error in the well-reasoned Report.  Accordingly, 
it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: 
1. The Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 20] is ACCEPTED.  
2. The Motion [ECF No. 15] is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART for 
the reasons stated in the Report.   
a. The Motion [ECF No. 15] is DENIED as to Counts I, II, and V. 
b. The Motion [ECF No. 15] is GRANTED as to the age- based portion of 
Count VI, which is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.   
3. On or before July 7, 2026, Defendant shall file an Answer addressing the 
Complaint’s remaining counts as narrowed in this Order.   
ORDERED in Chambers at Fort Pierce, Florida, this 18th day of June 2026. 
 
 
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AILEEN M. CANNON 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
 
cc:  counsel of record 
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