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Date Created: 2024-03-02 21:00:36.326012+00
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                                           UNPUBLISHED

                             UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                 FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                             No. 24-1050

        WESLEY EDWARD SMITH, III,

                           Plaintiff - Appellant,

                    v.

        SOUTH CAROLINA; GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER; ATTORNEY
        GENERAL ALAN WILSON; MAYOR JOSEPH P. RILEY, Retired; CHARLIE
        CONDON, Solicitor of South Carolina, Retired; COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
        SECURITY; CAROLINA FRANCHISE HOLDINGS, INC. LLC; BURGER KING,
        INC.; PEPSI BOTTLING GROUP, INC.; SUPERINTENDENT CCSD
        CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOLS; CUMMINS ENGINE; JAMES E.
        CLYBURN, Congressman, 14th District; WENDELL GILLYARD; MARVIN
        PENDARVIS, South Carolina Legislator; BANK OF AMERICA; MILITARY
        MAGNET ACADEMY; PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN; DONALD TRUMP, Former
        President; BARACK OBAMA, Former President; GEORGE W. BUSH, Former
        President; WILLIAM CLINTON, Former President; SENATOR LINDSEY
        GRAHAM; DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, Chief Medical Physician; HILARY
        CLINTON, Former Secretary of State; ANTONY BLINKEN, Secretary of State
        Office; SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL; NANCY PELOSI, Speaker of the
        House; KEVIN MCCARTHY, Speaker of the House; PIGGLY WIGGLY, INC.;
        LOW COUNTRY GROCERY FINANCIERS; HONORABLE JOSEPH DAWSON,
        III; EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION; DEPARTMENT
        OF LABOR, Wage Division Department; DANIEL FRANK BLANCHARD,
        District Attorney; REMAX PRO REALTY, d/b/a Centex Home and Loans,

                           Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
        Charleston. Bruce H. Hendricks, District Judge. (2:23-cv-05320-BHH)
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        Submitted: February 27, 2024                                      Decided: March 1, 2024

        Before WILKINSON, WYNN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Wesley Edward Smith, III, Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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        PER CURIAM:

               Wesley Edward Smith, III, appeals the district court’s order dismissing his civil

        action under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). 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 the

        action be dismissed and advised Smith that failure to file timely, specific objections to this

        recommendation would 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). Smith has forfeited appellate review

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

        receiving proper notice. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district 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.

                                                                                         AFFIRMED

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