UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-6794
JACKIE LOGAN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; GOVERNOR’S OFFICE;
SENATE AND HOUSE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Greenville. Margaret B. Seymour, District Judge.
(CA-03-143-6-24AK)
Submitted: August 5, 2003 Decided: August 25, 2003
Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jackie Logan, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Jackie Logan appeals the district court’s order dismissing
without his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) complaint. The district court
referred this case to a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 636(b)(1)(B) (2000). The magistrate judge recommended that relief
be denied and advised Logan that failure to file timely objections
to this recommendation could waive appellate review of a district
court order based upon the recommendation. Despite this warning,
Logan failed to present sufficiently specific objections to the
magistrate judge’s recommendation.
The timely filing of specific 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). Logan has waived appellate
review by failing to file sufficiently specific objections after
receiving proper notice. Logan’s objections were wholly conclusory
in nature. Accordingly, we dismiss his appeal.
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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