Evans v. Eagleton

Filing 14

ORDER: The court adopts the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 11 ), which is incorporated herein by reference. Accordingly, this case is DISMISSED without prejudice. IT IS SO ORDERED. Signed by Honorable Timothy M Cain on 10/2/2017. (prou, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
ORANGEBURG DIVISION
Robert M. Evans,
Plaintiff,
v.
Willie Eagleston, Mr. Bethea,
Mrs. Graves, and Katurah Gause,
Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 5:17-cv-02175-TMC
ORDER

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, brought this action seeking relieve pursuant to
Title 42, United States Code Section 1983. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local
Civil Rule 73.02, D.S.C., this matter was referred to a magistrate judge for pretrial handling.
Before the court is the magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation (“Report”), that this case
be dismissed without prejudice for failure to state a plausible claim for relief (ECF No. 11).
Plaintiff was advised of his right to file objections to the Report. (ECF No. 11 at 9). However,
Plaintiff filed no objections to the Report, and the time to do so has now run.
The Report has no presumptive weight and the responsibility to make a final determination
in this matter remains with this court. See Mathews v. Weber, 423 U.S. 261, 270–71 (1976). In
the absence of objections, this court is not required to provide an explanation for adopting the
Report. 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).

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After a careful and thorough review of the record under the appropriate standards, as set
forth above, the court adopts the Report (ECF No. 11), which is incorporated herein by reference.
Accordingly, this case is DISMISSED without prejudice.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

/s/Timothy M. Cain
United States District Judge
Anderson, South Carolina
October 2, 2017
NOTICE OF RIGHT TO APPEAL
The parties are hereby notified of the right to appeal this order pursuant to Rules 3 and 4
of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.

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