Morris Law Office PC v. Tatum ( 2005 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-1241
MORRIS LAW OFFICE, P.C., A Virginia
Professional Corporation,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
and
TEE ENGINEERING COMPANY, INCORPORATED, A
Kentucky Corporation,
Defendant - Appellee,
versus
JAMES EDDIE TATUM; ANN TATUM,
Defendants - Appellants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Charlottesville. James H. Michael, Jr.,
Senior District Judge. (CA-03-35)
Submitted: August 15, 2005 Decided: August 24, 2005
Before WILKINSON and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James Eddie Tatum and Ann Tatum, Appellants Pro Se. Walton Davis
Morris, Jr., Charlottesville, Virginia, Peter Booth Vaden,
Charlottesville, Virginia; David Brian Rubinstein, Fredericksburg,
Virginia, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
James Eddie Tatum and Ann Tatum appeal the district
court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge
and granting, in part, the Morris Law Office’s motion for summary
judgment and Tee Engineering’s motion for summary judgment. We
find that the Tatums failed to file timely objections to the
magistrate judge’s report and have therefore waived appellate
review of the substance of the recommendation. See Thomas v. Arn,
474 U.S. 140, 155 (1985); Wright v. Collins, 766 F.2d 841, 845-46
(4th Cir. 1985). Accordingly, we affirm the decision of the
district court. 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.
AFFIRMED
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