Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-23 21:00:46.234382+00
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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 22-6697

        UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                            Plaintiff - Appellee,

                     v.

        RAMESE AUGUSTUS MCKOY,

                            Defendant - Appellant.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at
        Greensboro. Thomas D. Schroeder, Chief District Judge. (1:15-cr-00411-TDS-1,
        1:22-cv-00324-TDS-JLW)

        Submitted: February 16, 2023                                 Decided: February 22, 2023

        Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, RUSHING, Circuit Judge, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit
        Judge.

        Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Ramese Augustus McKoy, Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

                  Ramese Augustus McKoy seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying relief

        on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. 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 McKoy 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). McKoy has waived 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

        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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