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Parties Involved:
Clifton L. Davis
Appellant
Robert Stevenson
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-7472

CLIFTON L. DAVIS,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

ROBERT STEVENSON, Warden, BRCI,

Respondent - Appellee.

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-03255-GRA)

Submitted: February 25, 2010 Decided: March 3, 2010

Before DUNCAN and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Clifton L. Davis, Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka, Deputy 

Assistant Attorney General, Melody Jane Brown, Assistant 

Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Clifton L. Davis 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 Davis 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,

Davis failed to file specific objections 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

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and 

legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials

, 474 U.S. 140 (1985). Davis 

has waived appellate review by failing to file specific 

objections after receiving proper notice. Accordingly, we deny 

a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal.

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before the court and argument would not aid the decisional 

process.

DISMISSED

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