Case Name: Jimmy Clayton WALKER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J N BROWNING; Roberta Lawson; City of Greenville Police Department, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-11-24
Citations: 113 F. App'x 549
Docket Number: No. 04-6969
Parties: Jimmy Clayton WALKER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J N BROWNING; Roberta Lawson; City of Greenville Police Department, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: Before LUTTIG and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 113
Pages: 549–550

Head Matter:
Jimmy Clayton WALKER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J N BROWNING; Roberta Lawson; City of Greenville Police Department, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 04-6969.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Nov. 18, 2004.
Decided: Nov. 24, 2004.
Jimmy Clayton Walker, Appellant pro se.
Before LUTTIG and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jimmy Clayton Walker seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000). The district court referred this case to a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) (2000). The magistrate judge recommended that relief be denied and advised Walker 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, Walker 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 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, 106 S.Ct. 466, 88 L.Ed.2d 435 (1985). Walker has waived appellate review by failing to file objections after receiving proper notice. Accordingly, we 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