Keith v. Degeorgis et al

Filing 88

ORDER ADOPTING 85 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION granting 59 Motion for Summary Judgment, filed by Lieutenant Robertson, Larry Cartledge, Lieutenant Arrowood, Sergeant Blackburn, Lieutenant Church, Florence Mauney, Major Early, Amy Enloe, Captain Degeorgis, J Palmer, Lindsey Harris, Captain Miller, Rhonda Abston, J Fish, Officer Morgan, and this action is dismissed with prejudice. Signed by Honorable Richard M Gergel on 5/1/2015. (gmil)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Trovon Keith,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Captain Degeorgis, et aI.,
Defendants.

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ORDER

This matter comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation ("R & R") of the
Magistrate Judge (Dkt. No. 85), recommending that Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment
(Dkt. No. 59) be granted. Plaintiff was advised that he could file written objections to the R & R
within 14 days of service of the R & R, and a failure to timely respond could result in a limited
review of the record and a waiver of the right to appeal the judgment of the District Court. (Dkt.
No. 85 at 10). Plaintiff filed no objections to the R & R.
The Magistrate Judge makes only a recommendation to this Court. The recommendation
has no presumptive weight, and the responsibility to make a final determination remains with the
Court. Mathews v. Weber, 423 U.S. 261, 270-71 (1976). The Court may "accept, reject, or
modifY, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate." 28
U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). This Court is charged with making a de novo determination of those
portions of the R & R to which specific objection is made. Here, however, because no objection
has been made, this 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 & Ace. Ins. Co., 416

F.3d 310, 315 (4th Cir. 2005) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P 72 advisory committee note). Moreover, in
the absence of specific objections to the R & R, the Court need not give any explanation for
adopting the Magistrate Judge's analysis and recommendation. See Camby v. Davis, 718 F .2d
198, 200 (4th Cir. 1983).
The Court has carefully reviewed the pleadings, the parties' briefing, and the R & R, and
concludes that the Magistrate Judge correctly applied the relevant law to the operative facts in
this matter. THEREFORE, the Court, ADOPTS the Magistrate Judge's Report and
Recommendation, (Dkt. No. 85), as the order of this Court. Accordingly, Defendant's motion
(Dkt. No. 59) is GRANTED and this action is dismissed with prejudice ..
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Richard Mark

United States District Judge
May 1,2015
Charleston, South Carolina

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