Brewer v. DeBoo et al

Filing 14

ORDER OVERRULING OBJECTIONS TO THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION: It is ORDERED that Plaintiff's 13 Objections to the Report and Recommendation are overruled; Magistrate Joel's 11 Report and Reco mmendation is adopted; and Plaintiff's 2 Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis is denied. It is further ordered that Plaintiff shall pay the $350.00 filing fee within 30 days. Signed by Chief Judge John Preston Bailey on 6/29/11. (Attachments: # 1 Certified Mail Receipt label)(copy Plaintiff [7010 3090 0003 1420 3661])(cnd)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA
ELKINS

HARVEY BREWER,
Petitioner,
v.

Civil Action No. 2:11-cv-35
(BAILEY)

KUMA J. DEBOO, Warden,
J. HINKEL, Officer, S.O., and
M.C. WHINNARY, Lieutenant, SIS
Respondents.

ORDER OVERRULING OBJECTIONS TO THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
AND ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
This case is pending before this Court on the Opinion/Report and Recommendation
(hereinafter “R&R”) filed by Magistrate Judge David J. Joel [Doc. 11] and the Petitioner’s
Objections to Report and Recommendation [Doc. 13] regarding petitioner’s Application for
Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis [Doc. 2]. After reviewing the R&R, the record, and the
arguments of the parties, the Court finds that petitioner’s objections to the R&R should be
OVERRULED, the R&R should be ADOPTED, and petitioner’s request to proceed without
prepayment of fees should be DENIED, and defendant is ORDERED to pay the full filing
fee of $350.00.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636 (b) (1) (c), this Court is required to make a de novo
review of those portions of the magistrate judge’s findings to which objection is made.
However, the Court is not required to review, under a de novo or any other standard, the

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factual or legal conclusions of the magistrate judge as to those portions of the findings or
recommendation to which no objections are addressed. Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140,
150 (1985). In addition, failure to file timely objections constitutes a waiver of de novo
review and the right to appeal this Court's Order. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Snyder v.
Ridenour, 889 F.2d 1363, 1366 (4th Cir. 1989); United States v. Schronce, 727 F.2d 91,
94 (4th Cir. 1984). Here, objections to Magistrate Judge Joel’s R & R were due within
fourteen (14) days of receipt. The docket indicates that the petitioner accepted service of
the R & R on May 18, 2011. [Doc. 12]. Petitioner timely filed objections on May 23, 2011.
[Doc. 13]. Accordingly, this Court will conduct a de novo review of those portions to which
the petitioner objected. This Court will review the remaining portions of the report and
recommendation for clear error.
On April 25, 2011, the pro se plaintiff, Harvey Brewer, filed a complaint with the
Court and an Application for Leave to proceed in forma pauperis. [Docs. 1-2]. On May 5,
2011, the petitioner filed a Prisoner Trust Account Fund Statement and Consent to
Collection of Fees [Doc. 6]. On May 17, 2011, the petitioner filed his Prisoner Trust Fund
Ledger Sheets. [Doc. 7].
The ledger sheets reveal that the petitioner had an account balance of $1640.87 as
of May 15, 2011. [Docs. 6-7]. On April 29, 2011, the Business Administrator at FCI Gilmer
indicated that the petitioner’s balance was $1673.72, with an average monthly balance of
$1132.17 during the preceding six months. Consequently, the magistrate judge found that
petitioner had sufficient funds to pay the $350.00 filing fee.
In the plaintiff’s objections, he claims he is unable to earn additional income as he

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is being housed in the Special Housing Unit. He also states that the money in his account
was provided by family members and he is unsure when he might receive more funds.
[Doc. 13]. Based upon this information, the Court is not persuaded that plaintiff is unable
to pay the filing fee.
Upon careful review of the report and recommendation, it is the opinion of this Court
that the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation [Doc. 11] should be, and is,
hereby ORDERED ADOPTED for the reasons more fully stated in the magistrate judge’s
report. Accordingly, this Court hereby DENIES the motion for leave to proceed in forma
pauperis [Doc. 2].

As such, the plaintiff’s Objections [Doc. 13] are OVERRULED.

Accordingly, the Court cautions the plaintiff that failure to pay the full filing fee of $350.00
within thirty (30) days will result in the dismissal of his Complaint.
It is so ORDERED.
The Clerk is directed to transmit copies of this Order to all counsel of record and to
mail a copy to the pro se petitioner.
DATED: June 29, 2011

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