Chandler v. Carpenter et al

Filing 13

ORDER Adopting 10 Report and Recommendation. It is ORDERED that the Plaintiff's 1 Complaint is DISMISSED without prejudice. Signed by Honorable Timothy M Cain on 6/4/13. (kmca)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
ANDERSON/GREENWOOD DIVISION
Edward Terrell Chandler,
Plaintiff,
v.
Judge Brenda Carpenter, Edgefield County
Detention Center’s Judge; Officer Lamaz
Robinson, Johnston Police Department’s
Investigator,
Defendants.

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C/A No. 8:13-1020-TMC
ORDER

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this action pursuant to 42
U.S.C. § 1983.

This matter is before the court for review of the Report and

Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge Jacquelyn D. Austin made in
accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Civil Rule 73.02 for the District of
South Carolina.
The Magistrate Judge makes only a recommendation to this court.
recommendation has no presumptive weight.

The

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 objections are made, and the court
may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the Magistrate Judge’s
recommendation or recommit the matter with instructions. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).
Plaintiff was advised of his right to file objections to the Report and
Recommendation. (ECF No. 10 at 8).

However, Plaintiff filed no objections to the

Report and Recommendation. In the absence of objections to the Magistrate Judge’s
Report and Recommendation, this court is not required to provide an explanation for

adopting the recommendation. 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).
After a thorough review of the Report and Recommendation and the record in
this case, the court adopts the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation (ECF
No. 10) and incorporates it herein.

It is therefore ORDERED that the Plaintiff’s

Complaint is DISMISSED without prejudice.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Timothy M. Cain
United States District Judge
Anderson, South Carolina
June 4, 2013

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.