Proffitt v. North Carolina Department of Public Safety

Filing 30

ORDER adopting 28 Memorandum and Recommendation and denying 14 Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction. Signed by Chief U.S. District Judge Richard E. Myers II on 2/5/2024. (McNally, Kimberly)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN DIVISION
Case No. 5:23-CV-00306-M-RN
CHRISTIAN PROFFITT,
Plaintiff,
ORDER

V.

NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC SAFETY,
Defendant.

This matter comes before the court on for review of the Order and Recommendation (the
"Recommendation") filed on January 3, 2024, by Magistrate Judge Robert T. Numbers, II, in
accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b).

DE 28.

In the Recommendation, Judge Numbers

recommends that Defendant's motion to dismiss be denied in light of Plaintiffs subsequent service
of process on Defendant in a manner consistent with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Id. at
1, 7. The Recommendation, which includes instructions and a deadline for objections, was served
on the parties on January 3, 2024. See id. at 7. Neither party objected to the Recommendation.
The court "may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or
recommendations made by the magistrate judge," 28 U.S.C. § 636(b), but need only "make a de
novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or
recommendations to which objection is made," id. Notwithstanding the lack of objections to the
Recommendation, the court has reviewed the record and made a de novo determination which is
in accord with the Recommendation. The court therefore adopts the Recommendation in full.

The Recommendation [DE 28] is hereby ADOPTED, and Defendant's motion to dismiss
[DE 14] is DENIED.

SO ORDERED this

S* day of February, 2024.

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RICHARD E. MYERS II
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE