District Court, D. South Carolina, 2025

Patrice Elizabeth v. Carvana LLC, Bridgecrest Credit Company, LLC, and...

Patrice Elizabeth v. Carvana LLC, Bridgecrest Credit Company, LLC, and...
District Court, D. South Carolina · Decided November 12, 2025
Patrice Elizabeth v. Carvana LLC, Bridgecrest Credit Company, LLC, and...

Trial Court Opinion

EE oR a) 6, A HS Rorsp IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA DIVISION PATRICE ELIZABETH, § Plaintiff, § vs. § CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:25-11244-MGL § CARVANA LLC, BRIDGECREST CREDIT § COMPANY, LLC, and DRIVETIME § AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC., § Defendants. § ORDER ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND DISMISSING THIS MATTER WITHOUT LEAVE FOR FURTHER AMENDMENT Plaintiff Patrice Elizabeth (Elizabeth) filed this lawsuit against the above-named Defendants.

Elizabeth is self represented.

The matter is before the Court for review of the Report and Recommendation (Report) of the United States Magistrate Judge suggesting to the Court the matter be dismissed without leave for further amendment. The Report was made in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636 and Local Civil Rule 73.02 for the District of South Carolina.

The Magistrate Judge makes only a recommendation to this Court. The recommendation has no presumptive weight. The responsibility to make a final determination remains with the Court.

Mathews v. Weber, 423 U.S. 261, 270 (1976). The Court is charged with making a de novo determination of those portions of the Report to which specific objection is made, and the Court 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).

The Magistrate Judge filed the Report on October 21, 2025, but Elizabeth failed to file any objections. “[I]n the absence of a timely filed objection, a district court need not conduct a 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.’” Diamond v. Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 416 F.3d 310, 315 (4th Cir. 2005) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 advisory committee’s note). Moreover, a failure to object waives appellate review. Wright v. Collins, 766 F.2d 841, 845-46 (4th Cir. 1985).

Therefore, after a thorough review of the Report and the record in this case pursuant to the standard set forth above, the Court adopts the Report and incorporates it herein. It is therefore the judgment of the Court the matter is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and without leave for further amendment.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Signed this 12th day of November, 2025, in Columbia, South Carolina.

/s/ Mary Geiger Lewis MARY GEIGER LEWIS UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

***** NOTICE OF RIGHT TO APPEAL Elizabeth is hereby notified of the right to appeal this Order within thirty days from the date hereof, pursuant to Rules 3 and 4 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.

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