Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:14-cv-13094
01-28-2015
WILLARD MALLARD, Petitioner, v. M. COLLINS, et al., Respondents.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
On March 25, 2014, the Petitioner filed an Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis (Document 1) and an Application Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 for Writ of Habeas Corpus By a Person in State or Federal Custody (Documents 2 and 3).
By Standing Order (Document 6) entered on March 31, 2014, this action was referred to the Honorable R. Clarke VanDervort, United States Magistrate Judge, for submission to this Court of proposed findings of fact and recommendation for disposition, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636. On January 6, 2015, the Magistrate Judge submitted a Proposed Findings and Recommendation (Document 11) wherein it is recommended that this Court: deny as moot the Petitioner's Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis; dismiss the Petitioner's Application Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 for Writ of Habeas Corpus By a Person in State or Federal Custody; and remove this matter from the Court's docket. Objections to the Magistrate Judge's Proposed Findings and Recommendation were due by January 23, 2015.
Neither party has timely filed objections to the Magistrate Judge's Proposed Findings and Recommendation. The Court is not required to review, under a de novo or any other standard, the 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). Failure to file timely objections constitutes a waiver of de novo review and the Petitioner's right to appeal this Court's Order. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); see also Snyder v. Ridenour, 889 F.2d 1363, 1366 (4th Cir. 1989); United States v. Schronce, 727 F.2d 91, 94 (4th Cir. 1984).
Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS and incorporates herein the findings and recommendation of the Magistrate Judge as contained in the Proposed Findings and Recommendation, and ORDERS that: the Petitioner's Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis (Document 1) be DENIED AS MOOT; the Petitioner's Application Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 for Writ of Habeas Corpus By a Person in State or Federal Custody (Documents 2 and 3) be DISMISSED; and this matter be REMOVED from the Court's docket.
The Court DIRECTS the Clerk to send a certified copy of this Order to Magistrate Judge VanDervort, counsel of record, and any unrepresented party.
ENTER: January 28, 2015
/s/_________
IRENE C. BERGER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA