UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-7464
BOBBY JENKINS, a/k/a Ali Muqtadir,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
TRACY SMITH; J. REUBEN LONG DETENTION CENTER,
Defendants - Appellees,
and
JAMES GALMOUR,
Defendant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Columbia. Patrick Michael Duffy, District Judge.
(CA-00-22-3-23BC)
Submitted: February 8, 2001 Decided: February 14, 2001
Before WILKINS, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Bobby Jenkins, Appellant Pro Se. Alexia Pittas-Giroux, STUCKEY LAW
OFFICES, P.A., Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Bobby Jenkins, a South Carolina inmate, appeals the district
court’s order denying his complaint filed under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983
(West Supp. 2000). Jenkins’ 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 Jenkins that
the failure to file timely objections to this recommendation could
waive appellate review of a district court based upon the recommen-
dation. Despite this warning, Jenkins failed to timely object to
the magistrate judge’s recommendation.
The timely filing of objections to a magistrate judge’s
recommendation is necessary to preserve appellate review of the
substance 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 also Thomas v.
Arn, 474 U.S. 140 (1985). Jenkins waived appellate review by fail-
ing to timely file objections after receiving proper notice. We
accordingly dismiss the appeal as frivolous. We deny the motion
for preparation of transcript at government expense. We dispense
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.
DISMISSED
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