George Grant, Jr. v. David Crenshaw

Filing 920091222

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-7748

GEORGE GRANT, JR., Plaintiff - Appellant, v. DAVID CRENSHAW; JOEY PRESTON; CHRISSY T. ADAMS, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Beaufort. G. Ross Anderson, Jr., Senior District Judge. (9:08-cv-02696-GRA)

Submitted:

December 15, 2009

Decided:

December 22, 2009

Before MICHAEL and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

George Grant, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. James Victor McDade, DOYLE, O'ROURKE, TATE & MCDADE, PA, Anderson, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: George Grant appeals the district court's order The

denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) complaint.

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

recommended that relief be denied and advised Grant that failure to file timely, specific objections to this recommendation could waive appellate review of a district court order based upon the recommendation. Despite this warning, Grant failed to make

specific objections 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 v. warned of the 766 consequences F.2d 841, of

noncompliance.

Wright

Collins,

845-46

(4th Cir. 1985); see also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140 (1985). Grant 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 before contentions the court are and adequately argument presented not in aid the the materials decisional

would

process. AFFIRMED 2