IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA AUGUSTA DIVISION KEVIN DEMETRIUS HOWARD, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CV 122-069 ) THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., ) ) Defendants. )

ORDER

After a careful, de novo review of the file, the Court concurs with the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, to which objections have been filed. (Doc. no. 25.) Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge as its opinion and DISMISSES without prejudice Defendants Georgia Department of Human Services, Richmond County Department of Family and Children Services, Kira Williams, the Consolidated Government of Augusta-Richmond County, the Charleston County School District, and the Richmond County Board of Education for failure to timely effect service. See Schnabel v. Wells,

(11th Cir. 1991). The Court DIRECTS the Clerk to enter an appropriate judgment and CLOSE this case. SO ORDERED this’ oT day of November 2022, at Augusta, Georgia.

if AY ile Pl hepryCA J. RANDAL HALY, CHIEF JUDGE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT HERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA