UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-6137

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus IVAN TAYLOR, a/k/a Carlos, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Charles E. Simons, Jr., Senior Dis- trict Judge. (CR-89-9, CA-94-1523-3-6BC)

Submitted: January 23, 1997 Decided: January 31, 1997

Before RUSSELL, WILKINS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ivan Taylor, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Claude Jendron, Jr., As- sistant United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Appellant appeals the district court's order denying his mo- tion filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1994), amended by Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214. Appellant's case was referred to a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) (1994). The magistrate judge recommended that relief be denied and advised Appellant that the failure to file timely objections to this recommendation could waive appellate review of a district court order based upon the recommendation. Despite this warning, Appellant failed to object to the magistrate judge's recommendation.

The timely filing of objections to a magistrate judge's recom- mendation is necessary to preserve appellate review of the sub- stance 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); United States v. Schronce, 727 F.2d 91, 93-94 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 467 U.S. 1208 (1984); see also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140 (1985). Appellant has waived appellate review by failing to file objections after receiving proper notice.* We accordingly deny a certificate of ap- pealability and dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in

* To the extent that Appellant contends he did not receive a copy of the magistrate judge's report, the proper avenue for relief from the judgment is a Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion in the district court. the materials before the court and argument would not aid the deci- sional process.

DISMISSED