Opinion ID: 3159389
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Heading: Untimely Objection

Text: Mr. Lemmons argues that the district court erred by not giving him enough time to respond to the magistrate judge’s February 19 report. We are not persuaded. The magistrate judge’s February 19 report expressly advised Mr. Lemmons he had until March 9, 2015, to object, otherwise he would waive the right to appellate review of its factual and legal determinations. Mr. Lemmons does not contend that he was uninformed about the deadline or its significance. On February 24, the district court granted Mr. Lemmons’s motion for an extension of time to respond to the February 2 and 3 reports and sua sponte extended the deadline for responding to the February 19 report. The court stated it would not grant any further extensions 5 and that objections to all three reports were due by March 16. Mr. Lemmons objected to the February 2 and 3 reports by March 16, but he did not file an objection to the February 19 report until March 27. The district court struck it as untimely. This circuit has adopted a firm waiver rule under which the failure to object to the magistrate judge’s findings or recommendations waives appellate review of both factual and legal questions. Wirsching v. Colorado, 360 F.3d 1191, 1197 (10th Cir. 2004). Here, Mr. Lemmons was specifically advised of both the time period for objecting and the consequences of failing to do so. See Duffield v. Jackson, 545 F.3d 1234, 1237 (10th Cir. 2008). The deadline had already been extended once, and Mr. Lemmons did not timely request a further extension. Nor does he argue that the “interests of justice” exception applies here. Cf. id. at 1238. We discern no error. To the extent Mr. Lemmons asserts that the district court should have granted his untimely motion for an extension, we find no abuse of the court’s discretion. See id. at 1240.