UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-7111
GREGORY LAFARAL FORD, a/k/a Gregory L. Ford,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
SIMON MAJOR, Director, Sumter Lee Regional Detention Center;
JACKIE RICHARDS, Head Nurse, Sumter Lee Regional Detention
Center,
Defendants – Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Anderson. Henry M. Herlong, Jr., District
Judge. (8:07-cv-01581-HMH)
Submitted: October 14, 2008 Decided: October 20, 2008
Before KING, GREGORY, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Gregory Lafaral Ford, Appellant Pro Se. James M. Davis, Jr.,
Joel Steve Hughes, DAVIDSON & LINDEMANN, PA, Columbia, South
Carolina; Andrew S. Halio, Elliott T. Halio, HALIO & HALIO,
Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Gregory Lafaral Ford appeals the district court’s
order denying relief on 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 Ford 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, Ford failed to timely
object 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 of the consequences of
noncompliance. Wright v. Collins, 766 F.2d 841, 845-46 (4th
Cir. 1985); see also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140 (1985). Ford
has waived appellate review by failing to timely file specific
objections after receiving proper notice. Accordingly, we deny
Ford’s motion for transcript at government expense and affirm
the judgment of the district court.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials
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Ford’s objections were filed July 1, 2008, over a month
after the court entered its judgment.
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before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
AFFIRMED
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