Taylor v. Ashley et al

Filing 48

ORDER adopting Report and Recommendations of Magistrate Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks; granting 29 Motion for Summary Judgment. Defendant Bianco is DISMISSED from this action due to Plaintiffs failure to timely serve or prosecute him. Signed by Honorable J Michelle Childs on 8/12/2013.(cwhi, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CHARLESTON DIVISION
Todd Michael Taylor,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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Lieutenant Ashley, Major Neal Urch,
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Officer Fleisher and Dr. Bianco, Med Dept., )
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Defendants.
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Civil Action No. 2:12-cv-02166-JMC

ORDER

This matter is before the court for review of the Magistrate Judge's Report and
Recommendation (“Report”), [Dkt. No. 46], filed on July 22, 2013, recommending that
Defendants’1 Motion for Summary Judgment [Dkt. No. 29] be granted. Plaintiff brought this
action seeking relief pursuant to Title 42 U.S.C. §1983. The Report set forth in detail the
relevant facts and legal standards on these matters which the court incorporates herein without
recitation.
The Magistrate Judge's Report is 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 to which specific objections are made, and the court may accept, reject, or
modify, in whole or in part, the Magistrate Judge's recommendation or recommit the matter with
instructions. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).

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The Motion is made on behalf of Defendants Lieutenant Ashley, Major Neal Urch and Officer Fleisher. Plaintiff
never served Dr. Bianco.

Plaintiff was advised of his right to file objections to the Report [Dkt. No. 46]. However,
Plaintiff filed no objections to the Report and also failed to file the report required by the
Magistrate Judge regarding whether Plaintiff wished to pursue his claims against Defendant
Bianco. The time for doing both has expired. In the absence of objections to the Magistrate
Judge's Report, this court is not required to provide an explanation for adopting the
recommendation. See Camby v. Davis, 718 F.2d 198, 199 (4th Cir. 1983). Rather, "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) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 advisory committee's note). Furthermore, failure to file
specific written objections to the Report results in a party's waiver of the right to appeal from the
judgment of the District Court based upon such recommendation.

28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1);

Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140 (1985); Wright v. Collins, 766 F.2d 841 (4th Cir. 1985); United
States v. Schronce, 727 F.2d 91 (4th Cir. 1984).
After a thorough review of the Report and Recommendation and the record in this case,
the court ACCEPTS the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation. [Dkt. No. 46]. It is
therefore ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment [Dkt. No. 29] is
GRANTED. As Plaintiff has not filed the required report indicating that he wishes to pursue his
claims against Defendant Bianco, Defendant Bianco is DISMISSED from this action due to
Plaintiff’s failure to timely serve or prosecute him.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

United States District Judge
Greenville, South Carolina
August 12, 2013