Holmes v. Barnwell County Detention Center

Filing 89

OPINION AND ORDER adopting the 85 Report and Recommendation, granting Defendant Buxton's 69 motion for summary judgment, denying Holmes' 76 motion for summary judgment, and dismissing Defendants Ed Carroll and Deloris Charlton without prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). Signed by Honorable Henry M. Herlong, Jr. on 9/6/2018. (bgoo)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
ROCK HILL DIVISION
Romell Holmes,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Ed Carroll, Sheriff; Latoya Buxton, LPN,
Nurse; Deloris Charlton, Administrator at
Barnwell County Detention Center,
Defendants.

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C.A. No. 0:17-1257-HMH-PJG

OPINION & ORDER

This matter is before the court for review of the Report and Recommendation of United
States Magistrate Judge Paige J. Gossett, made in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and
Local Civil Rule 73.02 for the District of South Carolina.
The magistrate judge makes only a recommendation to this court. The recommendation has no presumptive weight. The responsibility to make a final determination remains with
this court. See Mathews v. Weber, 423 U.S. 261, 270-71 (1976). The court is charged with
making a de novo determination of those portions of the Report and Recommendation to
which specific objection is made, and the court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in
part, the recommendation of the magistrate judge or recommit the matter with instructions.
See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (2006).
The Plaintiff filed no objections to the Report and Recommendation. In the absence of
objections to the magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation, this court is not required to
give any explanation for adopting the recommendation. See Camby v. Davis, 718 F.2d 198,

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199 (4th Cir. 1983). The court 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 thorough review of the Report and Recommendation and the record in this case,
the court adopts Magistrate Judge Gossett’s Report and Recommendation and incorporates it
herein. It is therefore
ORDERED that Defendant Buxton’s motion for summary judgment, docket number
69, is granted. It is further
ORDERED that Holmes’ motion for summary judgment, docket number 76, is denied.
It is further
ORDERED that Defendants Ed Carroll and Deloris Charlton are dismissed without
prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m).
IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/Henry M. Herlong, Jr.
Senior United States District Judge
Greenville, South Carolina
September 6, 2018

NOTICE OF RIGHT TO APPEAL
The Plaintiff is hereby notified that he has the right to appeal this order within thirty
(30) days from the date hereof, pursuant to Rules 3 and 4 of the Federal Rules of Appellate
Procedure.
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