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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 08:07:29+00:00

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R. Bryan Harwell, United States District Judge.
Petitioner Jose Carlos Salazar, proceeding pro se, filed this action seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. See ECF Nos. 1 & 4. Respondent has filed a motion for summary judgment. See ECF No. 19. The matter is before the Court for review of the Report and Recommendation (“R & R”) of United States Magistrate Judge Paige J. Gossett. See ECF No. 27. The Magistrate Judge recommends that the Court dismiss this action with prejudice for lack of prosecution. R & R at p. 2.
The Magistrate Judge makes only a recommendation to the Court. The recommendation has no presumptive weight, and the responsibility to make a final determination remains with the Court. Mathews v. Weber, 423 U.S. 261, 270-71 (1976). The Court must conduct a de novo review of those portions of the R & R to which specific objections are made, and it may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the recommendation of the Magistrate Judge or recommit the matter with instructions. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b).
Neither party has filed objections to the R & R, and the time for doing so has expired. In the absence of objections to the R & R, the Court is not required to give any explanation for adopting the Magistrate Judge's recommendations. See Camby v. Davis, 718 F.2d 198, 199 (4th Cir. 1983). The Court reviews only for clear error in the absence of an objection. See Diamond v. Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 416 F.3d 310, 315 (4th Cir. 2005) (stating that “in the absence of a timely filed objection, a district court need not conduct 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'” (quoting Fed.R.Civ.P. 72 advisory committee's note)).
Having thoroughly reviewed the record in this case, the Court finds no clear error and therefore adopts and incorporates by reference the Magistrate Judge's R & R [ECF No. 27]. Accordingly, the Court DENIES AND DISMISSES this action with prejudice for lack of prosecution. The Court DENIES a certificate of appealability because Petitioner has failed to make “a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). Respondent's motion for summary judgment [ECF No. 19] is MOOT.
 This matter was referred to the Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Civil Rule 73.02(B)(2)(c) (D.S.C.).
 Petitioner's objections to the R & R were due by March 9, 2018. See ECF Nos. 27 & 28. On March 2, 2018, the envelope containing the R & R was returned as undeliverable. See ECF No. 29-1. Significantly, the online records of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) indicate Petitioner was released on January 26, 2018. See BOP Inmate Locator, https://www.bop.gov/mobile/findinmate/ (accessed on March 14, 2018) (search for Petitioner's inmate number “48764-177”); see, e.g., United States v. Hardy, 545 F.3d 280, 283 (4th Cir. 2008) (citing the BOP Inmate Locator). Petitioner was also sentenced to two years of supervised release upon release from imprisonment, see ECF No. 19 at p. 2; United States v. Jose Carlos Salazar, Crim. No. 3:14-cr-00411-D, at ECF No. 26 (N.D. Tex.) (Petitioner's criminal judgment), and therefore his § 2241 petition does not appear to be moot.

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