Plaintiff's remaining claim for defamation against defendant Long was referred to a magistrate of the trial court. At the outset, we note that the arguments in plaintiff's brief are confusing and difficult to construe. Plaintiff's assignment of error asserts that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Long. Long, we will initially address the propriety of the trial court's adoption of the magistrate's decision. Plaintiff's case consists of speculation and suspicion that Defendant made certain statements about him in the course of a FCCS investigation.
Defendant denies making such allegations.
While Plaintiff may feel that FCCS failed to conduct its investigation in a fair and evenhanded fashion, or that the Juvenile Court may have erred in the handling of certain issues, neither of those circumstances rises to the level of proof that Defendant Long defamed him. In the present case, plaintiff has failed to provide a transcript of the proceedings before the magistrate. The duty to provide a transcript for appellate review falls upon the appellant inasmuch as the appellant bears the burden of showing error by reference to matters in the record. Id. Thus, because plaintiff failed to provide this court with portions of the record necessary for resolution of the assigned error, we presume the regularity of the proceedings below and affirm. Accordingly, we find no error in the trial court's adoption of the magistrate's decision finding in favor of defendant Long.