UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-6297
BYRON PAIGE,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
MARTHA L. SAXON, Marion County Clerk of Court;
H. D. FEAGIN, Captain, Marion County City
Police Department; FREDDIE MCGACHEN, PFC,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Charleston. Henry M. Herlong, Jr., District
Judge. (CA-99-3940-2-20AJ)
Submitted: April 13, 2000 Decided: April 21, 2000
Before WIDENER and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Byron Paige, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Byron Paige appeals the district court’s order dismissing his
42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West Supp. 1999) complaint. Paige’s case was
referred to a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B)
(1994). The magistrate judge recommended that relief be denied and
advised Paige that failure to file timely objections to this recom-
mendation could waive appellate review of a district court order
based upon the recommendation. Despite this warning, Paige failed
to object to the magistrate judge’s recommendation.
The timely filing of objections to a magistrate judge’s recom-
mendation is necessary to preserve appellate review of the sub-
stance of that recommendation when the parties have been warned
that failure to object will waive appellate review. See Wright v.
Collins, 766 F.2d 841, 845-46 (4th Cir. 1985). See generally
Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140 (1985). Paige has waived appellate
review by failing to file objections after receiving proper notice.
Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court. We dis-
pense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions
are adequately presented in the materials before the court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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