IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN DIVISION 7:19-cv-257-BO LORENZO D. BRYANT, ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER WANDA A. BRYANT, Defendant. ) This cause comes before the Court on the memorandum and recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge James Gates. [DE 5]. On January 22, 2020, Judge Gates recommended that this action be dismissed. For the reasons that follow, the M&R [DE 5] is ADOPTED and this action is DISMISSED. BACKGROUND In December 2019, plaintiff filed a pro se application to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff brings a claim for damages, alleging that defendant committed perjury and fraud when she testified in divorce proceedings that both spouses lived together from the time they signed their separation agreement. Judge Gates entered the instant memorandum and recommendation (M&R), granting the application to proceed in forma pauperis and recommending that plaintiff's case be dismissed for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Plaintiff filed no objections to the M&R. DISCUSSION A district court is required to review de novo those portions of an M&R to which a party timely files specific objections or where there is plain error. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149-50 (1985). “[I]n 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.” Diamond vy. Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 416 F.3d 310, 315 (4th Cir. 2005) (internal quotation and citation omitted). The Court has reviewed the M&R and is satisfied that there is no clear error. Accordingly, the M&R is ADOPTED. CONCLUSION The memorandum and recommendation of Magistrate Judge Gates [DE 5] is ADOPTED and this action is DISMISSED. The Clerk is DIRECTED to close the case. SO ORDERED, this {e day of March, 2020. TERRENCE W. BOYLE / CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE