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rejecting establishment clause challenge to SLRDC's policy because "there is no indication that he was forced, encouraged, or required to attend the religious services at issue" and the policy did "not require other inmates to alter their leisure activities or work routines any more than they would to accommodate other inmates' nonreligious activities in a limited space"
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C/A No. 8:20-cv-01157-SAL
06-12-2020
Richard Joseph Piucci, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Anthony Dennis, Darryl Maghaney, Capt. Blanding, Capt. Lumpkin, Lt. Shirah, Defendants.
OPINION & ORDER
This matter is before the court for review of the May 19, 2020 Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Jacquelyn Austin (the "Report"), made in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Civil Rule 73.02(B)(2)(d) (D.S.C.). In the Report, the Magistrate Judge recommends dismissal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915, 1915A, without leave to amend and without issuance of service of process. [ECF No. 16.] Plaintiff was advised of his right to file objections to the Report. Id. No party filed objections to the Report, and the time for response has lapsed.
The Magistrate Judge makes only a recommendation to this court. The recommendation has no presumptive weight, and 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 only those portions of the Report that have been specifically objected to, and the court may accept, reject, or modify the Report, in whole or in part. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). In the absence of objections, the court is not required to provide an explanation for adopting the Report and 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) (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 advisory committee's note).
After a thorough review of the Report, the applicable law, and the record of this case in accordance with the above standard, the court finds no clear error, adopts the Report, and incorporates the Report by reference herein. Accordingly, the case is DISMISSED pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915 and 1915A without leave to amend and without issuance of service of process.
As noted in the Report, Plaintiff was directed to file an amended complaint to cure the deficiencies noted in the court's order dated April 12, 2020, ECF No. 11, but Plaintiff failed to file an amended complaint or otherwise attempt to cure the deficiencies in his original filings. Accordingly, this court is exercising its discretion to dismiss the matter without further leave to amend. Goode v. Central Va. Legal Aid Soc'y, Inc., 807 F.3d 619 (4th Cir. 2015). --------
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ Sherri A. Lydon
United States District Judge June 12, 2020
Florence, South Carolina