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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-1298 KEITH SEWARD, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. DR. JAMES RIDDLE; CHAIRMAN MICHAEL BARKER, Academy Awards; PRESIDENT KEN HOWARD, Screen Actor's Guild, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Cameron McGowan Currie, District Judge. (3:12-cv-03103-CMC) Submitted: May 29, 2014 Decided: June 2, 2014 Before SHEDD, WYNN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges. Dismis
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-1298 KEITH SEWARD, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. DR. JAMES RIDDLE; CHAIRMAN MICHAEL BARKER, Academy Awards; PRESIDENT KEN HOWARD, Screen Actor's Guild, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Cameron McGowan Currie, District Judge. (3:12-cv-03103-CMC) Submitted: May 29, 2014 Decided: June 2, 2014 Before SHEDD, WYNN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges. Dismiss..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-1298
KEITH SEWARD,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
DR. JAMES RIDDLE; CHAIRMAN MICHAEL BARKER, Academy Awards;
PRESIDENT KEN HOWARD, Screen Actor's Guild,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Columbia. Cameron McGowan Currie, District
Judge. (3:12-cv-03103-CMC)
Submitted: May 29, 2014 Decided: June 2, 2014
Before SHEDD, WYNN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Keith Seward, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Keith Seward seeks to appeal the district court’s
order dismissing his civil complaint. 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
the complaint be dismissed without prejudice. Seward was
notified that failure to file timely and 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. Wright v. Collins,
766 F.2d 841, 845–46 (4th
Cir. 1985); see also Thomas v. Arn,
474 U.S. 140 (1985). Seward
has waived appellate review by failing to file specific
objections after receiving proper notice. Accordingly, we deny
Seward’s motion for appointment of counsel 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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