Skeeter v. Johnson , 357 F. App'x 524 ( 2009 )


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  •                               UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 09-7717
    HENRY SKEETER,
    Petitioner - Appellant,
    v.
    GENE M. JOHNSON,      Director   of   the   Virginia   Department   of
    Corrections,
    Respondent - Appellee.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
    District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, District
    Judge. (2:09-cv-00124-RAJ-TEM)
    Submitted:    December 15, 2009             Decided:    December 21, 2009
    Before MICHAEL and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
    Circuit Judge.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Henry Skeeter, Appellant Pro Se. Joshua Mikell Didlake,
    Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    PER CURIAM:
    Henry    Skeeter      seeks    to    appeal    the       district       court’s
    order denying relief on his 
    28 U.S.C. § 2254
     (2006) petition.
    The    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 Skeeter 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, Skeeter 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).
    Skeeter has waived appellate review by failing to timely file
    specific objections after receiving proper notice.                          Accordingly,
    we deny a certificate of appealability, deny leave to proceed in
    forma pauperis, deny Skeeter’s motion to appoint counsel, and
    dismiss the appeal.
    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.
    DISMISSED
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Document Info

Docket Number: 09-7717

Citation Numbers: 357 F. App'x 524

Judges: Michael, Duncan, Hamilton

Filed Date: 12/21/2009

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/5/2024