Janice Henderson v. Cypress Media, No. 12-3196 (8th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Civil Case - employment. Dismissal of complaint for failure to state a claim is affirmed without comment.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 12-3196 ___________________________ Janice M. Henderson lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. Cypress Media, Inc., doing business as Kansas City Star lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City ____________ Submitted: April 4, 2013 Filed: April 25, 2013 [Unpublished] ____________ Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Janice Henderson appeals the district court s1 dismissal of her complaint asserting various claims against her former employer, Cypress Media, Inc. The 1 The Honorable Ortrie D. Smith, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri. district court dismissed her complaint for failure to state a claim. Upon careful review, we conclude that the district court did not err in dismissing Henderson s complaint, see Levy v. Ohl, 477 F.3d 988, 991 (8th Cir. 2007) (de novo review of dismissal for failure to state claim), and we additionally conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying her motion for appointment of counsel, see Davis v. Scott, 94 F.3d 444, 447 (8th Cir. 1996) (trial court has broad discretion to decide whether both plaintiff and court will benefit from appointment of counsel); Rayes v. Johnson, 969 F.2d 700, 702 (8th Cir. 1992) (civil litigant has no constitutional or statutory right to court-appointed attorney). We thus affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-
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