Opinion
No. 18-7338
01-23-2019
SENTRELL LEVERT COPELAND, Petitioner - Appellant, v. HAROLD W. CLARKE, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondent - Appellee.
Sentrell Levert Copeland, Appellant Pro Se.
UNPUBLISHED
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Arenda L. Wright Allen, District Judge. (2:17-cv-00093-AWA-RJK) Before WILKINSON and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Sentrell Levert Copeland, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
Sentrell Levert Copeland seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition. The district court referred this case to a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) (2012). The magistrate judge recommended that relief be denied and advised Copeland that failure to file timely objections to this recommendation could waive appellate review of a district court order based upon the recommendation. Copeland failed to file objections, so the district court accepted the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissed Copeland's petition for habeas relief.
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). Copeland has waived appellate review by failing to file objections. Accordingly, we deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis 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