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Waldon Keith Davis v. William C. Duncil, Warden, Huttonsville Correctional Center, 81 F.3d 149, 4th Cir. (1996)
Waldon Keith Davis v. William C. Duncil, Warden, Huttonsville Correctional Center, 81 F.3d 149, 4th Cir. (1996)
3d 149
Waldon Keith Davis, Appellant Pro Se. Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Scott E.
Johnson, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WEST
VIRGINIA, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.
Before MURNAGHAN and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and
CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
OPINION
PER CURIAM:
Waldon Keith Davis, a West Virginia inmate, appeals the dismissal of his 28
U.S.C. 2254 petition. The case was referred to a magistrate judge for a report
and recommendation pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. 636(b)(1) (West 1993). On
September 26, 1995, the magistrate judge filed a recommendation that the
petition be dismissed and stated that Davis had thirteen days from September 26
to file objections to the report.* Computing the time for objections in
accordance with Fed.R.Civ.P. 6(a), (e), 72(b), Davis' objections were due on
October 16.
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In an order filed October 11, the district court noted that no objections to the
magistrate judge's recommendation had been timely filed and adopted the
recommendation without a de novo review. On October 15, Davis filed a
document in this court, signed October 5 and labeled "Petition for Writ of
Habeas Corpus, Adsubjiciendum," which was rerouted to district court and filed
there on October 18. The district court construed Davis' filing as a notice of
appeal.
Although Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b) sets the objection period at only ten days, the
magistrate judge was probably including the additional three-day period