Little, Saronna Michelle

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• holding that a failure to file objections generally waives the right to appeal the district court’s adoption of an R&R
• recognizing that a party forfeits their right to appeal by failing to timely file objections to an R&R
• explaining that a litigant forfeits the right to raise qualified immunity on appeal when they fail to raise it before the district court
• recognizing that the Sixth Circuit has used “waiver” and “forfeiture” interchangeably sometimes, but explaining that “[w]aiver is affirmative and intentional, whereas forfeiture is a more passive failure to make the timely assertion of a right”
• holding plaintiff had submitted sufficient proof to show protected conduct when he filed complaints for other inmates as their housing unit representative
• noting that the Sixth Circuit is bound by McCullum and private doctors working for the government are not entitled to qualified immunity

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