Collins v. Stamps ( 1999 )


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  •                             UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 99-7216
    GARY E. COLLINS,
    Plaintiff - Appellant,
    versus
    DAVID E. STAMPS, Lieutenant; RICKIE HARRISON,
    Warden of Kershaw Correctional Institution,
    Defendants - Appellees.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
    South Carolina, at Columbia. Patrick Michael Duffy, District Judge.
    (CA-98-3289)
    Submitted:   December 16, 1999         Decided:     December 22, 1999
    Before MURNAGHAN and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Cir-
    cuit Judge.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Gary E. Colllins, Appellant Pro Se. Joseph Crouch Coleman, Colum-
    bia, South Carolina, for Appellees.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    See Local Rule 36(c).
    PER CURIAM:
    Gary E. Collins seeks to appeal the district court’s order
    dismissing his petition filed under 
    42 U.S.C.A. § 1983
     (West Supp.
    1999).   Collins’ case was referred to a magistrate judge pursuant
    to 
    28 U.S.C. § 636
    (b)(1)(B) (1994).   The magistrate judge recom-
    mended that relief be denied and advised Collins 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, Collins failed to object to the magistrate
    judge’s recommendation.
    The timely filing of 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
    that failure to object will waive appellate review.   See Wright v.
    Collins, 
    766 F.2d 841
    , 845-46 (4th Cir. 1985); see also Thomas v.
    Arn, 
    474 U.S. 140
     (1985).   Collins has waived appellate review by
    failing to file objections after receiving proper notice.        We
    accordingly 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
    2
    

Document Info

Docket Number: 99-7216

Filed Date: 12/22/1999

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 10/31/2014