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UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                            No. 05-6991

SAUL WILLIAMS,

                                              Plaintiff - Appellant,

          versus

BEAUFORT COUNTY; BEAUFORT     COUNTY   SHERIFF;
MICHAEL REYNOLDS, Inv.,

                                             Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Beaufort.    Henry M. Herlong, Jr., District
Judge. (CA-04-22386-9-HMH)

Submitted:   September 27, 2005           Decided:   October 3, 2005

Before LUTTIG, MOTZ, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Saul Williams, Appellant Pro Se. Isaac McDuffie Stone, III,
Marshall Hodges Waldron, Jr., LAW OFFICE OF DUFFIE STONE, LLC,
Bluffton, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:

          Saul   Williams   appeals     the   district   court’s   order

dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) complaint.         The district

court referred this case to a magistrate judge pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) (2000).     The magistrate judge recommended

that relief be denied and advised Williams that failure to file

timely objections to this recommendation could waive appellate

review of a district court order based upon the recommendation.

Despite this warning, Williams failed to object to the magistrate

judge’s 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 that failure to object will waive appellate review.          See

Wright v. Collins, 766 F.2d 841, 845-46 (4th Cir. 1985); see also

Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140 (1985).     Williams has waived appellate

review by failing to file objections 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

the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

                                                               AFFIRMED

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