UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

RAYMOND TAYLOR,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

JOSEPH CORRAL, Unit Manager, Torrance County Detention Facility; ALFRED JARAMILLO, Disciplinary Hearing Officer, Torrance County Detention Facility,

Defendants-Appellees.

No. 04-2016

(D.C. No. CIV-01-368 BB/RHS)

(D. N.M.)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

Before TACHA, Chief Judge, HENRY, and O'BRIEN, Circuit Judges.

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.

Raymond Taylor, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court's dismissal of his civil rights action. Because he failed to comply with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and did not file objections to the magistrate judge's proposed findings and recommended disposition, he waived his right to appeal the district court's order. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal.1

Previously, the federal district court dismissed for failure to state a claim Mr. Taylor's civil rights action alleging various constitutional violations, including the denial of due process when he was kept in segregation beyond his scheduled release date. On appeal, this court affirmed in part, but reversed the dismissal of the due process claim and remanded it for further proceedings. Taylor v. Stewart, 49 Fed. Appx. 262 (10th Cir. 2002). After further proceedings on remand, the magistrate judge recommended that defendants' motion for summary judgment be granted and the case be dismissed with prejudice.

In his proposed findings and recommendation, the magistrate judge specifically stated that pursuant to § 636(b)(1), the parties had ten days after service of the proposed findings and recommendations to file written objections with the district court, and failure to do so would bar their ability to seek appellate review of the proposed findings and recommendations. Neither party filed objections. Noting the failure to object, the district court adopted the magistrate judge's proposed findings and recommended disposition and dismissed the case with prejudice. We issued a show cause order directing the parties to address whether Mr. Taylor's failure to file written objections to the magistrate judge's proposed findings and recommended disposition waived appellate review.

"We have a firm waiver rule when a party fails to object to the findings and recommendation of the magistrate [judge]." Hill v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 393 F.3d 1111, 1114 (10th Cir. 2004) (quotation omitted). If a party fails to timely object, he waives appellate review of any factual or legal issues. Id. We do make exceptions to this rule, however, "where the interests of justice so require," Fottler v. United States, 73 F.3d 1064, 1065 (10th Cir. 1996), or "when the magistrate's order does not clearly apprise the pro se litigant of the consequences of a failure to object," Talley v. Hesse, 91 F.3d 1411, 1413 (10th Cir. 1996).

Contrary to our show cause order, Mr. Taylor did not discuss in his appellate brief his failure to object to the magistrate judge's proposed findings and recommended disposition. Nothing in the record convinces us that either exception to the firm waiver rule applies here. First, the magistrate judge clearly stated that Mr. Taylor was required to file objections within ten days, and that failure to do so would bar appellate review. R., Doc. 50 at 11-12. Second, neither Mr. Taylor's arguments on appeal nor anything in the record convinces us that application of the firm waiver rule would be contrary to the interests of justice.

Accordingly, we DISMISS this appeal. We GRANT Mr. Taylor's motion to proceed on appeal without prepayment of the appellate filing fee. We remind him of his obligation to continue making partial payments until the entire fee has been paid. The mandate shall issue forthwith.

Entered for the Court

Terrence L. O'Brien

Circuit Judge