Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO.: 3:16-CV-116
03-07-2017
ALEX HAMILTON, Plaintiff, v. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA; WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS; SALEM CORRECTIONAL CENTER; ALL OFFICERS NAMED AND UNNAMED; JASON KUHN, Captain of Security, Salem Correctional Center; WARDEN JOHNS, Warden, Salem Correctional Center; COI SNYDER, Correctional Officer I, Salem Correctional Center; MR. WESTFALL, Assistant Warden, Salem Correctional Center; MR. PETERS A.W.S, Assistant Warden Security, Salem Correctional Center; JIM RUBENSTEIN, Commissioner of Corrections, Defendants.
(GROH)
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
This matter is before the Court for consideration of a Report and Recommendation ("R&R") issued by United States Magistrate Judge James E. Seibert. Pursuant to this Court's Local Rules, this action was referred to Magistrate Judge Seibert for submission of an R&R. On February 2, 2017, Magistrate Judge Seibert issued his R&R, recommending that this Court grant Defendant Snyder's motion to dismiss [ECF No. 29], grant Defendant Kuhn's joinder and motion to dismiss [ECF No. 37], grant the remaining Defendants' motion to dismiss [ECF No. 41] and deny and dismiss with prejudice the Plaintiff's complaint [ECF No. 1].
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, this Court is not required to review, under a de novo or any other standard, the factual or legal conclusions of the magistrate judge to which no objections are made. Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 150 (1985). Failure to timely file objections constitutes a waiver of de novo review and a plaintiff's right to appeal this Court's Order. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C); Snyder v. Ridenour, 889 F.2d 1363, 1366 (4th Cir. 1989); United States v. Schronce, 727 F.2d 91, 94 (4th Cir. 1984). In this case, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C) and Rule 72(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, objections to Magistrate Judge Seibert's R&R were due within fourteen days after being served with a copy of the same. The Plaintiff was served with the R&R on February 6, 2017. To date, neither party has filed objections. Accordingly, the Court will review the R&R for clear error.
Upon careful review, and finding no error, the Court ORDERS that Magistrate Judge Seibert's Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 63] should be, and is, hereby ADOPTED for the reasons more fully stated therein. Accordingly, the Defendants' Motions to Dismiss [ECF Nos. 29, 37, 41] are GRANTED and the Plaintiff's complaint [ECF No. 1] is DENIED and DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
The Court DIRECTS the Clerk to enter judgment in favor of the Defendants, close this matter and strike it from this Court's active docket, and transmit copies of this Order to all counsel of record and the pro se Plaintiff.
DATED: March 7, 2017
/s/_________
GINA M. GROH
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE