Brooks v. Head et al
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ORDER RULING ON REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION: The Report and Recommendation 45 of the Magistrate Judge is adopted and incorporated by reference. Therefore, it is ORDERED that Plaintiff's claim for injunctive relief is di smissed with prejudice. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's § 1983 claim for monetary damages is STAYED pending a final determination of the State's pending criminal action against him. The parties are directed to notify the Court upon disposition of the State criminal matter. Signed by Honorable R Bryan Harwell on 2/6/2015. (mcot, )
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
FLORENCE DIVISION
Michael D. Brooks,
Plaintiff,
v.
Investigator Justin Head;
Investigator Banister,
Defendants.
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Civil Action No.: 4:14-cv-3629-RBH
ORDER
Plaintiff Michael D. Brooks (“Plaintiff”), a state pretrial detainee proceeding pro se, filed
this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the above named Defendants on September 12,
2014. See Compl., ECF No. 1. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants violated his constitutional rights,
and requests that this Court have his state charges dismissed and award him monetary damages. See
id. at 6. The matter is before the Court for review of the Report and Recommendation (“R & R”) of
United States Magistrate Judge Kaymani D. West, made in accordance with 28 U.S.C.
§ 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 73.02 for the District of South Carolina. See R & R, ECF No. 45. In
the Report and Recommendation, the Magistrate Judge recommends that the Court abstain from
issuing the injunctive relief requested by Plaintiff and dismiss this equitable claim with prejudice.
See id. at 4. The Magistrate Judge also recommends that the Court stay Plaintiff’s § 1983 claim for
monetary damages pending a final determination of the State’s pending criminal action against him.
See id. at 6.
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 and Recommendation to which specific
objection is made, and the Court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the
recommendation of the Magistrate Judge or recommit the matter with instructions. See 28 U.S.C.
§ 636(b)(1).
No party has filed objections to the Report and Recommendation.
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 recommendations. See Camby v. Davis, 718 F.2d 198, 199
(4th Cir. 1983). The Court reviews only for clear error in the absence of an objection. See
Diamond v. Colonial Life & Accident Ins. Co., 416 F.3d 310 (4th Cir. 2005) (stating that “in the
absence of a timely filed objection, a district court need not conduct 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’”) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 advisory committee’s note).
After a thorough review of the record in this case, the Court finds no clear error.
Accordingly, the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge is adopted and incorporated
by reference. Therefore, it is ORDERED that Plaintiff’s claim for injunctive relief is dismissed
with prejudice. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s § 1983 claim for monetary damages
is STAYED pending a final determination of the State’s pending criminal action against him. The
parties are directed to notify the Court upon disposition of the State criminal matter.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/ R. Bryan Harwell
R. Bryan Harwell
United States District Judge
Florence, South Carolina
February 6, 2015
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