UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-7025
NATHANAEL LENARD REYNOLDS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
CHIEF DEPUTY DUDLEY MUSIER; OFFICER WATSON,
Defendants – Appellees,
and
SHERIFF MICHAEL JOHNSON,
Defendant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Aiken. Mary G. Lewis, District Judge.
(1:15-cv-00388-MGL)
Submitted: November 18, 2016 Decided: November 23, 2016
Before WILKINSON, TRAXLER, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Nathanael Lenard Reynolds, Appellant Pro Se. Edgar Lloyd
Willcox, II, WILLCOX BUYCK & WILLIAMS, PA, Florence, South
Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Nathanael Lenard Reynolds appeals the district court’s
order denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) 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 relief be denied and advised Reynolds
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). Reynolds has waived appellate
review by failing to file 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.
The motion for preparation of a transcript at government expense
is denied.
AFFIRMED
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