Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-04 21:00:22.695705+00
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                                             UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 21-6816

        TIMOTHY S. WISE,

                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

                      v.

        C. MARUKA, Warden; R. MALONE, Counselor, Unit B-4; D. PILANT, Unit Manager,
        B-Unit; F. SAUNDERS, Special Housing Unit Lieutenant; W. KENDRICK, Correctional
        Officer; A. SHRADER, Inmate Trust Services Supervisor; S. WYATT, Nurse; G.
        WALTERS, Nurse; C. CAROTHERS, Physician Assistant; K. THOMPSON, Health
        Services Administrator; S. COOK, Correctional Officer; D. RICH, Associate Warden; V.
        PHILLIPS, Counselor; R. ALEXANDER, Nurse; D. MUNN, Captain; J. GREEN,
        Mailroom Supervisor; C. HORTON, SIS Lieutenant; K. MARSH, Human Resources;
        JOHN DOE #1, Correctional Officer; JOHN DOE #2, Correctional Officer; JOHN
        DOE #3, Supervisor of Dental,

                             Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at
        Bluefield. David A. Faber, Senior District Judge. (1:20-cv-00056)

        Submitted: December 30, 2022                                   Decided: February 3, 2023

        Before QUATTLEBAUM and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior
        Circuit Judge.

        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
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        ON BRIEF: Samuel Weiss, RIGHTS BEHIND BARS, Washington, D.C.; David M.
        Zionts, David J. Cho, COVINGTON & BURLING LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.
        Lisa G. Johnston, Acting United States Attorney, Matthew C. Lindsay, Assistant United
        States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, West
        Virginia, for Appellees.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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        PER CURIAM:

               Timothy S. Wise appeals the district court’s order dismissing his complaint filed

        pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S.

        388 (1971). 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 complaint be dismissed with

        prejudice and advised Wise that failure to file timely and specific objections to this

        recommendation could waive appellate review of a district court order based upon the

        recommendation. Despite this warning, Wise failed to file specific objections to the

        substantive portions of 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 of the consequences of noncompliance. Wright v. Collins, 766

        F.2d 841, 845–46 (4th Cir. 1985); see also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140 (1985). Flanigan

        has waived appellate review by failing to file specific 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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