Matthew Baumgartner v. The Corporate Associate, Inc.; Langford Electric, Inc.

Summary

The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina reviews a magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation recommending denial of Langford Electric, Inc.’s motion to dismiss. Finding no clear error and no objections from the parties, the court adopts the recommendation and denies the motion.

Holdings

1. When no timely objection is filed, the district court need not conduct de novo review and instead must satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record before accepting the recommendation.
2. The Report and Recommendation contained no clear error, so the court accepted and incorporated it by reference and denied Langford Electric's motion to dismiss.

Questions Presented

1. What standard of review applies when no party objects to a magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation?
2. Whether the magistrate judge's recommendation to deny Langford Electric's motion to dismiss contained clear error.

Disposition

other