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914 F.2d 1491Unpublished Disposition
NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.Douglas James HILL, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.GREENVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, A.K. Morton, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 90-7062.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 27, 1990.Decided Sept. 27, 1990.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Greenville.  Charles E. Simons, Jr., Senior District Judge.  (CA-89-1000-6)
Douglas James Hill, appellant pro se.
W. Howard Boyd, Jr., Rainey, Britton, Gibbes & Clarkson, Greenville, S.C., for appellees.
D.S.C.
AFFIRMED.
Before SPROUSE and WILKINS,* Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.
PER CURIAM:

1
Douglas James Hill seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 action.  Appellant's action was referred to a magistrate pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 636(b)(1)(B).  The magistrate recommended that relief be denied and advised appellant that the failure to file timely objections to this recommendation could waive appellate review of a district court order based upon the recommendation.  Despite this warning, appellant failed to object to the magistrate's recommendation.

2
This Court has held that the timely filing of objections to a magistrate's recommendation is necessary to preserve appellate review of the substance of that recommendation where the parties have received " 'fair warning of the possible consequences of the failure to object timely.' "   Wright v. Collins, 766 F.2d 841 (4th Cir.1985) (quoting Carr v. Hutto, 737 F.2d 433, 434 (4th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1019 (1985)).   See generally United States v. Schronce, 727 F.2d 91 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 467 U.S. 1208 (1984) (party who fails to object timely to a magistrate's report waives appeal of the district court's judgment adopting the magistrate's report).  Appellant has waived appellate review by failing to file objections after receiving proper notice.  We accordingly affirm the judgment of the district court.

3
AFFIRMED.

*
 Judge Wilkins did not participate in the consideration of this case.  This opinion is filed by a quorum of the panel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 46(d)