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now having expired, and this Court having received no objections from
either party, this matter is now ripe for review.
Pursuant to federal statute, after a Magistrate Judge issues
an R&R, "any party may serve and file written objections" to the
proposed findings and recommendations set forth therein within
fourteen (14) days after service of the R&R. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) (1) .
"The Federal Magistrates Act requires a district court to 'make a
de novo determination of those portions of the [magistrate judge's]
report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which
objection is made.'" Diamond v. Colonial Life & Accident Ins. Co.,
416 F.3d 310, 315 (4th Cir. 2005) (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1))
(alterationin original). As to theportions of the R&R that no party
has challenged through advancing a "'specific written objection,'
[a] district court [is] free to adopt the magistrate judge's
recommendation . . . without conducting a de novo review." Id. at
316. As to these unchallenged portions, the reviewing court need
only "'satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of
the record in order to accept the recommendation.'" Id. at 315
(quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 Advisory Committee's Note).
After carefully considering the MagistrateJudge's thorough and
detailed R&R, to which no objections were filed, this Court finds
no clear error, and hereby ADOPTS and APPROVES the entirety of the
findings and recommendations set forth in the R&R. It is therefore
ORDERED that the Sheriff's motion to dismiss be GRANTED in part, andJump to an indexed page (5 of 5)