Opinion
Civil Action 3:23-CV-156 (GROH)
07-15-2024
NATHAN MOTT, Plaintiff, v. GEO GROUP, MR. NOTTS, FBOP DIRECTOR, WARDEN JOHN DOE, ASSISSTANT WARDEN JOHN DOE, MR. BLANKS, MR. KNOTTS, DR. BIRD, NURSE MCKENNY, CAPTAIN HAIGELMEYER, C/O MR. BROCK, C/O MR. DIGGUES, and C/O MR. DIGG, Defendants.
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
GINA M. GROH UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Now before the Court is a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) issued by United States Magistrate Judge Robert W. Trumble. ECF No. 68. Pursuant to the Local Rules, this civil action was referred to Judge Trumble for submission of a proposed R&R. Judge Trumble issued an R&R on May 16, 2024, recommending that (1) the Plaintiff's amended complaint [ECF No. 44] be dismissed with prejudice and (2) the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 51] be granted. Id. at 24.
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 an objection is made. However, 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 of the Plaintiff's 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).
Objections to Magistrate Judge Trumble's R&R were due within fourteen plus three days of the Plaintiff being served with a copy of the same. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b). Service of the R&R was accepted on May 20, 2024. ECF No. 69. As of the date of this Order, no objections have been filed. Therefore, after allowing additional time for transit in the mail, the Court finds that the deadline for the Plaintiff to submit objections to the R&R has passed. Accordingly, this Court will review the R&R for clear error.
Upon careful review of the R&R, it is the opinion of this Court that Magistrate Judge Trumble's Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 68] should be, and is hereby, ORDERED ADOPTED. For the reasons more fully stated in the R&R, the Plaintiff's amended complaint [ECF No. 44] is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE, and the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 51] is GRANTED.
The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to STRIKE this case from the Court's active docket. The Clerk is FURTHER DIRECTED to mail a copy of this Order to the pro se Plaintiff by certified mail, return receipt requested, at his last known address as reflected on the docket sheet.