60 F.3d 823NOTICE: Fourth Circuit Local Rule 36(c) states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.
Emory Alvin MICHAU, Plaintiff--Appellant,v.Clyde N. DAVIS, Jr., Clerk of the Supreme Court of SouthCarolina;  Warren A. Kohn, Staff Attorney, SouthCarolina Department of Social Services,Defendants--Appellees.
No. 95 6596.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted:  June 22, 1995.Decided:  July 7, 1995.

Emory Alvin Michau, appellant pro se.
D.S.C.
AFFIRMED.
Before HALL, MURNAGHAN, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:


1
Appellant appeals from the district court's order dismissing without prejudice his complaint.  Appellant's case was referred to a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 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 the judgment of the district court.  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.


3
AFFIRMED.



*
 To the extent that Appellant contends he did not receive a copy of the magistrate judge's report, the proper avenue for relief is a Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion in the district court


