Cole v. Horry County Sheriffs Department et al

Filing 60

ORDER RULING ON REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION incorporating 56 Report and Recommendation, terminating as moot 47 Motion for Summary Judgment, dismissing this action with prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Signed by Honorable Mary G Lewis on 5/1/2013. (jpet, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Dean H. Cole,

) Civil Action No.: 0:12-1763-MGL
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Plaintiff, )
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v.
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ORDER
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Horry County Sheriff’s Department;
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Phillip Thompson,
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Defendants. )
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Plaintiff Dean H. Cole (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se, filed this action pursuant to 42
U.S.C. § 1983 on June 27, 2012, alleging violations of his constitutional rights. (ECF No.
1.) Plaintiff is incarcerated at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center in Conway, South
Carolina. This matter is now before the court upon the Magistrate Judge’s Report and
Recommendation filed on March 22, 2013, recommending this case be dismissed pursuant
to Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on the grounds that Plaintiff failed to
prosecute the case. (ECF No. 56.) More specifically, Plaintiff has failed to comply with this
Court’s Orders of January 24, 2013 (ECF No. 48), and March 5, 2013 (ECF No. 53),
directing Plaintiff to respond to Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment filed on January
23, 2013. (ECF No. 47.)
In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Local Rule 73.02, D.S.C., this matter was
referred to United States Magistrate Judge Paige J. Gossett for pretrial handling. The
Magistrate Judge makes only a recommendation to this court. The recommendation has
no presumptive weight. The responsibility for making a final determination remains with
this court. Mathews v. Weber, 423 U.S. 261, 270, 96 S.Ct. 549, 46 L.Ed.2d 483 (1976).
The court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the Report and
Recommendation or may recommit the matter to the Magistrate Judge with instructions.

28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The court is charged with making a de novo determination of those
portions of the Report and Recommendation to which specific objections are made.
Plaintiff was advised of his right to file objections to the Report and Recommendation.
(ECF No. 56 at 3.) However, he has not done so and objections were due by April 8, 2013.
In the absence of a timely filed objection, a district court need not conduct a de novo
review, but instead must “only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the
record in order to accept the recommendation.” Diamond v. Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co.,
416 F.3d 310, 315 (4th Cir. 2005).
After a careful review of the record, the applicable law, and the Report and
Recommendation, the court finds the Magistrate Judge’s recommendation to be proper.
Accordingly, the Report and Recommendation is incorporated herein by reference and this
action is DISMISSED with prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure. In light of this order, Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 47)
is terminated as MOOT.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/Mary G. Lewis
United States District Judge
Spartanburg, South Carolina
May 1, 2013