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Mabry v. Saul, 1:19-cv-00255-KDB-DCK. (2019)

Court: District Court, W.D. North Carolina Number: infdco20191210d36 Visitors: 19
Filed: Dec. 09, 2019
Latest Update: Dec. 09, 2019
Summary: ORDER KENNETH D. BELL , District Judge . THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss ("Motion") (Doc. No. 5), Plaintiff's Response to Motion to Dismiss, (Doc. Nos. 6), and the Magistrate Judge's Memorandum and Recommendation ("M&R") (Doc. No. 7), recommending that the Motion be granted. The parties have not filed an objection to the M&R, and the time for doing so has expired. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2). I. BACKGROUND No party has objected to the Magistrate Judge's sta
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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss ("Motion") (Doc. No. 5), Plaintiff's Response to Motion to Dismiss, (Doc. Nos. 6), and the Magistrate Judge's Memorandum and Recommendation ("M&R") (Doc. No. 7), recommending that the Motion be granted. The parties have not filed an objection to the M&R, and the time for doing so has expired. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2).

I. BACKGROUND

No party has objected to the Magistrate Judge's statement of the factual and procedural background of this case. Therefore, the Court adopts the facts as set forth in the M&R. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149-50 (1985) (explaining the 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 have been raised).

II. STANDARD OF REVIEW

A district court may designate a magistrate judge to "submit to a judge of the court proposed findings of fact and recommendations for the disposition" of dispositive pretrial matters, including motions to dismiss. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Any party may object to the magistrate judge's proposed findings and recommendations, and the court "shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). However, "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" and need not give any explanation for adopting the M&R. Diamond v. Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 416 F.3d 310, 315 (4th Cir. 2005); Camby v. Davis, 718 F.2d 198, 200 (4th Cir. 1983). Also, the Court does not perform a de novo review where a party makes only "general and conclusory objections that do not direct the court to a specific error in the magistrate's proposed findings and recommendations." Orpiano v. Johnson, 687 F.2d 44, 47 (4th Cir. 1982). After reviewing the record, the court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge or recommit the matter with instructions. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).

III. DISCUSSION

Having carefully reviewed the Magistrate Judge's M&R, the relevant portions of the record and applicable legal authority, this Court is satisfied that there is no clear error as to the M&R, to which no objection was made. Diamond, 416 F.3d at 315. Plaintiff, in his Response to the Motion to Dismiss, concedes to the dismissal of his complaint. (Doc. No. 6, at 1) ("We consent to the dismissal of the complaint in its entirety."). Accordingly, this Court finds that it should adopt the findings and recommendations set forth in the M&R as its own solely for the purpose of deciding this Motion and that Defendant's Motion should be granted.

IV. CONCLUSION

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that:

1. The Magistrate Judge's M&R, (Doc. No. 7), is ADOPTED; 2. Defendant's Motion, (Doc. No. 5), is GRANTED; and 3. Plaintiff's Complaint, (Doc. No. 1), is DISMISSED.
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