HSBC Mortgage Services Inc. v. Felder-Lucas
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ORDER ACCEPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION, remanding the case to the Richland County Court of Common Pleas, for 8 Report and Recommendation, *** Clerk's Notice: Attorneys are responsible for supplementing the State Record with all documents filed in Federal Court. *** Signed by Chief Judge Terry L Wooten on August 15, 2017. (kbos)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COLUMBIA DIVISION
HSBC Mortgage Services, Inc.,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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Alice Felder-Lucas,
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Defendant.
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Case No.: 3:17-cv-1656-TLW
ORDER
Defendant Alice Felder-Lucas, proceeding pro se, removed this case on June 23, 2017.
ECF No. 1. This matter now comes before the Court for review of the Report and Recommendation
(“the Report”) filed on June 30, 2017, by United States Magistrate Judge Shiva V. Hodges, to
whom this case was previously assigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Civil
Rule 73.02(B)(2)(e), (D.S.C.). ECF No. 8. In the Report, the Magistrate Judge recommends that
the Court remand this case because there is no federal subject matter jurisdiction. Id. The deadline
for filing objections to the Report was July 14, 2017. On July 5, 2017, Defendant filed a Motion
for Temporary Injunction. ECF No. 10.
The Court is charged with conducting a de novo review of any portion of the Magistrate
Judge’s Report and Recommendation 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 conducting its review, the Court applies the following standard:
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The magistrate judge makes only a recommendation to the Court, to which any
party may file written objections.... The Court is not bound by the recommendation
of the magistrate judge but, instead, retains responsibility for the final
determination. The Court is required to make a de novo determination of those
portions of the report or specified findings or recommendation as to which an
objection is made. However, the Court is not required to review, under a de novo
or any other standard, the factual or legal conclusions of the magistrate judge as to
those portions of the report and recommendation to which no objections are
addressed. While the level of scrutiny entailed by the Court's review of the Report
thus depends on whether or not objections have been filed, in either case the Court
is free, after review, to accept, reject, or modify any of the magistrate judge's
findings or recommendations.
Wallace v. Housing Auth. of the City of Columbia, 791 F. Supp. 137, 138 (D.S.C. 1992) (citations
omitted).
In light of the standard set forth in Wallace, the Court has reviewed the Report and the
relevant filings. The Court concludes that Defendant has not presented evidence of federal subject
matter jurisdiction in the removal documents or in the subsequent filings. 1 Therefore, after careful
consideration, IT IS ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge’s Report, ECF No. 8, is ACCEPTED,
and the case is hereby REMANDED to the Richland County Court of Common Pleas.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Terry L. Wooten____________
Chief United States District Judge
August 15, 2017
Columbia, South Carolina
As stated above, the deadline for filing objections to the Report was July 14, 2017. The Court
notes that Defendant did not file objections to the Report. To the extent that the Motion for
Temporary Restraining Order could be construed as objections, Defendant does not address the
Report and does not present evidence of subject matter jurisdiction in her filing. See ECF No. 10.
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