96 F.3d 1439
NOTICE: Fourth Circuit Local Rule 36(c) states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.James Byrd MILLER, Plaintiff-Appellant,andWarren H. COX, Plaintiff,v.James B. HUNT, Governor;  Franklin E. Freeman, Jr.;  NorthCarolina Prisoner Legal Services, Incorporated;Marvin Sparrow;  Martin Superintendentof Custody McDade, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 96-6638.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted August 22, 1996.Decided Sept. 10, 1996.

James Byrd Miller, Appellant Pro Se.  Jane Ray Garvey, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.
E.D.N.C.
AFFIRMED.
Before HALL, WILLIAMS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:


1
Appellant appeals the district court's order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) complaint.  Appellant's case was referred to a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) (1988).  The magistrate judge recommended that relief be denied and advised Appellant that 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.


2
The timely filing of 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 that failure to object will waive appellate review.   Wright v. Collins, 766 F.2d 841, 845-46 (4th Cir.1985).   See generally Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140 (1985).  Appellant has waived appellate review by failing to file objections after receiving proper notice.  Accordingly, we affirm.  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
