Opinion
C/A No. 4:11-1827-TMC
07-11-2012
Michael M. Walker, Petitioner, v. MacDougall Correctional Institution, Respondent.
ORDER
Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This matter is before the court for review of the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge Thomas E. Rogers, III made in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Civil Rule 73.02 for the District of South Carolina.
The Magistrate Judge makes only a recommendation to this court. The recommendation has no presumptive weight. The responsibility to make a final determination remains with this court. See Mathews v. Weber, 423 U.S. 261, 270-71 (1976). The court is charged with making a de novo determination of those portions of the Report and Recommendation to which specific objections are made, and the court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the Magistrate Judge's recommendation or recommit the matter with instructions. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).
Petitioner was advised of his right to file objections to the Report and Recommendation. (Dkt. # 40-1). However, Petitioner filed no objections to the Report and Recommendation. In the absence of objections to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, this court is not required to provide an explanation for adopting the recommendation. See Camby v. Davis, 718 F.2d 198, 199 (4th Cir. 1983). Rather, "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.'" Diamond v. Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 416 F.3d 310, 315 (4th Cir. 2005) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 advisory committee's note).
After a thorough review of the Report and Recommendation and the record in this case, the court adopts the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Dkt. # 40) and incorporates it herein. It is therefore ORDERED that the Respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. # 31) is GRANTED and the Petitioner's Writ of Habeas Corpus is DENIED and that any and all outstanding Motions are hereby deemed MOOT.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Timothy M. Cain
United States District Judge
Anderson, South Carolina
July 11, 2012
NOTICE OF RIGHT TO APPEAL
The parties are hereby notified of the right to appeal this order pursuant to Rules 3 and 4 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.