Willie Asbury v. Donald Driskell

Filing 920091203

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-7275

WILLIE J. ASBURY, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. DONALD DRISKELL; SCARBOROUGH, ARTHUR BUTLER; CYNTHIA MIMS; JOETTE

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. David C. Norton, Chief District Judge. (3:08-cv-02671-DCN)

Submitted:

November 19, 2009

Decided:

December 3, 2009

Before MOTZ, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Willie J. Asbury, Appellant Pro Se. Erin Mary Farrell, Daniel Roy Settana, Jr., MCKAY, CAUTHEN, SETTANA & STUBLEY, PA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Willie J. Asbury appeals the district court's order denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) complaint. The

district court referred this case to a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) relief be (2006). denied and The magistrate Asbury judge that

recommended

that

advised

failure to file timely objections to this recommendation could waive appellate review of a district court order based upon the recommendation. Despite this warning, Asbury failed to object

timely to the magistrate judge's recommendation. The magistrate timely filing of specific is objections to to a

judge's

recommendation

necessary

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 Asbury

Cir. 1985); see also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140 (1985).

has waived appellate review by failing to timely 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

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before

the

court

and

argument

would

not

aid

the

decisional

process. AFFIRMED

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