Opinion
Civil Action No.: 0:13-2255-BHH
08-08-2014
Keith Eigner, Petitioner, v. Warden Kenneth Weeden, Respondent.
OPINION AND ORDER
Pro se Petitioner Keith Eigner ("Petitioner"), a state prisoner housed, filed this habeas relief action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (ECF No. 1). This matter is before the court on Respondent's motion for summary judgment. (ECF No. 18.) In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Civil Rule 73.02(B)(2)(c), D.S.C., this matter was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Paige J. Gossett for pre-trial proceedings and a Report and Recommendation ("Report"). On July 15, 2014, Magistrate Judge Gossett issued a Report recommending that Respondent's motion for summary judgment be granted and the petition for writ of habeas corpus be denied. (ECF No. 30.) The Magistrate Judge advised Plaintiff of the procedures and requirements for filing objections to the Report and Recommendation and the serious consequences if he failed to do so. (ECF No. 30 at 20.) Petitioner has filed no objections and the time for doing so expired on August 1, 2014.
The Magistrate Judge makes only a recommendation to this court. The recommendation has no presumptive weight, and the responsibility to make a final determination remains with the court. See Mathews v. Weber, 423 U.S. 261, 96 S.Ct. 549, 46 L.Ed.2d 483 (1976). The court is charged with making a de novo determination of any portion of the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge to which a specific objection is made. The court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the recommendation made by the Magistrate Judge or recommit the matter to the Magistrate Judge with instructions. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b). The court reviews the Report and Recommendation only for clear error in the absence of an objection. See Diamond v. Colonial Life & Accident Ins. Co., 416 F.3d 310, 315 (4th Cir. 2005) (stating that "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.") (citation omitted).
After a thorough review of the record of this matter, the applicable law, and the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge, the court finds no clear error. Accordingly, the court adopts and incorporates the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 30) by reference into this order.
It is therefore ORDERED that the Respondent's motion for summary judgment be GRANTED and the petition for writ of habeas corpus be DISMISSED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ Bruce Howe Hendricks
United States District Judge
August 8, 2014
Greenville, South Carolina