Geter v. Shakespeare Company LLC et al

Filing 27

ORDER ACCEPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION, granting defendant's motion 18 Motion for Summary Judgment, filed by Shakespeare Company LLC, 24 Report and Recommendation Signed by Chief Judge Terry L Wooten on October 30, 2014. (kbos)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COLUMBIA DIVISION
Mildred B. Geter,
Plaintiff,

Case Number 3:13-1506-TLW

v.

Order

Shakespeare Company LLC,
Defendant.

On June 3, 2013, Plaintiff Mildred B. Geter filed this civil rights job discrimination
action alleging claims under several statutes: Title IIV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
amended; the Equal Pay Act; and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1988. Docs. #1, 5. Defendant filed a
motion for summary judgment on April 21, 2014. Doc. #18. Plaintiff failed to respond to the
motion for summary judgment. The matter now comes before this Court for review of the Report
and Recommendation (“Report”) filed by Magistrate Judge Kevin F. McDonald, Doc. #24, to
whom this case was assigned. In the Report, the Magistrate Judge recommends that the Court
grant Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Id. Objections were due by August 25, 2014.
Plaintiff has filed no objections to the Report.
This Court is charged with conducting a de novo review of any portion of the Magistrate
Judge’s Report to which a specific objection is registered, and may accept, reject, or modify, in
whole or in part, the recommendations contained in that Report. 28 U.S.C. § 636. In the absence
of objections to the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge, this Court is not
required to give any explanation for adopting the recommendation. See Camby v. Davis, 718
F.2d 198, 199 (4th Cir. 1983).

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This Court has carefully reviewed the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation.
For the reasons articulated by the Magistrate Judge, it is hereby ORDERED that the Magistrate
Judge’s Report and Recommendation, Doc. #24, is ACCEPTED. Defendants’ motion for
summary judgment, Doc. #18, is GRANTED. Plaintiff’s Complaint is DISMISSED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Terry L. Wooten
Chief United States District Judge
October 30, 2014
Columbia, South Carolina

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