UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-1777
LARRIETTA JOHNSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; ROBIN LENNOX-AUSTON; LISA WRIGHT,
Privacy Officer; JANET HENDERSON; DIANE R. GODMAN,
Compensation & Pension Examiner,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Robert J. Conrad, Jr.,
District Judge. (3:15-cv-00556-RJC-DSC)
Submitted: November 17, 2016 Decided: November 21, 2016
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and MOTZ and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Larrietta Johnson, Appellant Pro Se. Tiffany M. Mallory, OFFICE
OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlotte, North Carolina, for
Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Larrietta Johnson appeals the district court’s order
accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and
dismissing her complaint. The district court referred this case
to a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) (2012).
The magistrate judge recommended that the complaint be dismissed
and advised Johnson that failure to file timely objections to this
recommendation could waive appellate review of a district court
order based upon the 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). Johnson has waived appellate review by failing
to file specific objections after receiving proper notice.
Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this
court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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