El-Bey v. Johnson

Filing 920070103

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 06-7313

CHARLES NAPIER EL-BEY, Petitioner - Appellant, versus GENE M. JOHNSON, Director Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Robert G. Doumar, Senior District Judge. (2:05-cv-00521-RGD)

Submitted:

December 21, 2006

Decided:

January 3, 2007

Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Charles Napier El-Bey, Appellant Pro Se. Thomas Drummond Bagwell, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Charles Napier El-Bey seeks to appeal the district

court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) petition. The district court referred this case to a magistrate The magistrate

judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) (2000).

judge recommended that relief be denied and advised El-Bey 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, El-Bey failed to 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). El-Bey has waived appellate review by failing to

timely file specific objections after receiving proper notice. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the 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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