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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 23-6010

        DENA INEZ MINTON,

                            Petitioner - Appellant,

                     v.

        MIRANDA RICHARDSON,

                            Respondent - Appellee.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at
        Greensboro. Thomas D. Schroeder, District Judge. (1:21-cv-00806-TDS-JEP)

        Submitted: August 29, 2023                                        Decided: August 31, 2023

        Before KING, AGEE, and BENJAMIN, Circuit Judges.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Dena Inez Minton, Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Dena Inez Minton seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing her 28 U.S.C.

        § 2254 petition as untimely filed, and a subsequent order denying reconsideration. 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 and advised Minton that failure

        to file timely, specific objections to this recommendation could waive appellate review of

        a district court order based upon the 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. 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). Minton has forfeited appellate review

        by failing to file objections to the magistrate judge’s recommendation after receiving

        proper notice.

               Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. We also

        deny as moot Minton’s motion to attend hearings in this court. 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.

                                                                                       DISMISSED

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