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Givens v. Criswell

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Apr 26, 2011
425 F. App'x 236 (4th Cir. 2011)

Summary

explaining that the authority to appoint counsel to an indigent plaintiff in a civil action, "is discretionary, and there is no constitutional right to have appointed counsel in a civil action"

Summary of this case from Goins v. Fayette Cnty. Court

Opinion

No. 10-1916.

Submitted: April 21, 2011.

Decided: April 26, 2011.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Wheeling. Frederick P. Stamp, Jr., Senior District Judge. (5:08-cv-00025-FPS-JSK).

Greg Givens, Appellant pro se. Lee Murray Hall, Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC, Huntington, West Virginia; Keith C. Gamble, Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown Poe, PLLC, Morgantown, West Virginia; James Thomas McClure, Gompers, McCarthy McClure, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellees.

Before WILKINSON, GREGORY, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.


Greg Givens appeals the district court's order denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) complaint. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Givens v. Cristvell, No. 5:08-cv-00025-FPS-JSK, 2010 WL 2925942 (N.D.W.Va. July 22, 2010). 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.


Summaries of

Givens v. Criswell

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Apr 26, 2011
425 F. App'x 236 (4th Cir. 2011)

explaining that the authority to appoint counsel to an indigent plaintiff in a civil action, "is discretionary, and there is no constitutional right to have appointed counsel in a civil action"

Summary of this case from Goins v. Fayette Cnty. Court
Case details for

Givens v. Criswell

Case Details

Full title:Greg GIVENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William CRISWELL; Rebecca Randolph…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Apr 26, 2011

Citations

425 F. App'x 236 (4th Cir. 2011)

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