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                                             UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 22-7407

        TROY WORSLEY,

                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

                      v.

        EDDIE ANDERSON, In his individual capacity; ALICIA WILSON, In her
        individual capacity; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                             Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at
        Clarksburg. Thomas S. Kleeh, Chief District Judge. (1:19-cv-00213-TSK)

        Submitted: June 22, 2023                                          Decided: June 26, 2023

        Before HARRIS and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Troy Worsley, Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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        PER CURIAM:

               Troy Worsley appeals the district court’s orders denying relief on Worsley’s

        complaint filed pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of

        Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971) (“dismissal order”), and denying Worsley’s self-styled

        motion for relief from the dismissal order (“motion for relief”). ∗ The district court referred

        this case to a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). The magistrate judge

        recommended that relief be denied in Worsley’s Bivens action and advised Worsley that

        failure to file timely, specific objections to the recommendations would waive appellate

        review of a district court order based upon the recommendations.

               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. Martin v. Duffy, 858

        F.3d 239, 245 (4th Cir. 2017); Wright v. Collins, 766 F.2d 841, 846-47 (4th Cir. 1985); see

        also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 154-55 (1985). Although Worsley received proper

        notice and an extension of time to file objections—and ultimately filed objections to the

        magistrate judge’s recommendations—he has forfeited appellate review because the

        objections were untimely. We find that the district court did not abuse its discretion in

        denying the motion for relief. See Fed. Trade Comm’n v. Pukke, 53 F.4th 80, 106 (4th Cir.

        2022) (reviewing district court’s order denying Rule 60(b) motion for abuse of discretion

               ∗
                 As the motion for relief was filed within 28 days of the dismissal order, we have
        jurisdiction over both orders. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(4)(A)(vi).

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        and noting that disposing of such a motion “is a matter which lies largely within the

        discretion of the trial judge and [that] his action is not lightly to be disturbed by an appellate

        court” (internal quotation marks omitted)). Accordingly, we affirm the appealed-from

        orders. Worsley v. Anderson, No. 1:19-cv-00213-TSK (N.D.W. Va. Mar. 31, 2021; Sept.

        22, 2022).

               We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are

        adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the

        decisional process.

                                                                                            AFFIRMED

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