Clark v. South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles

Filing 14

ORDER RULING ON 10 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION. The Plaintiff's Complaint is summarily dismissed without prejudice and without issuance and service of process. Signed by Chief Judge Terry L. Wooten on 11/13/2014. (gmil)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COLUMBIA DIVISION
Douglas Stephen Clark, Jr.,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case Number 3:14-cv-3475-TLW

South Carolina Department of Motor
Vehicles,
Defendant.

Order

On August 28, 2014, Plaintiff Douglas Stephen Clark filed this civil action alleging
violations of his constitutional rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Doc. #1. The matter now
comes before this Court for review of the Report and Recommendation (“Report”) filed by
Magistrate Judge Paige J. Gossett, Doc. #10, 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 October 2, 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).
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

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Judge’s Report and Recommendation, Doc. #10, is ACCEPTED. The Plaintiff’s Complaint is
summarily DISMISSED without prejudice and without issuance and service of process.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Terry L. Wooten
Chief United States District Judge
November 13, 2014
Columbia, South Carolina

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