Vallie Dean v. Board of Education of PG County, No. 13-1976 (4th Cir. 2014)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 13-1976 VALLIE B. DEAN, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF PRINCE GEORGE S COUNTY, Defendant - Appellee, and PRINCE GEORGE S COUNTY EDUCATOR S ASSOCIATION, Defendant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Peter J. Messitte, Senior District Judge. (8:11-cv-01197-PJM) Submitted: January 23, 2014 Decided: February 7, 2014 Before SHEDD, DAVIS, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Vallie B. Dean, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Judah Baror, Linda Hitt Thatcher, THATCHER LAW FIRM, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Vallie Dean appeals the district court s judgment granting summary judgment to the Defendant in Dean s employment discrimination case. reversible error. We have reviewed the record and find no Accordingly, we grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis and affirm for the reasons stated by the district court at the hearing held on July 2, 2013. Dean v. Bd. of Educ. of Prince George s Cnty., No. 8:11-cv-01197-PJM (D. Md. July 3, 2013). legal before We dispense with oral argument because the facts and contentions this court are adequately and argument presented would not in aid the the materials decisional process. AFFIRMED In addition to her substantive claims on appeal, Dean also asserts that the district court s order should be vacated because her counsel was ineffective. However, a litigant in a civil action has no constitutional or statutory right to effective assistance of counsel. Sanchez v. U.S. Postal Serv., 785 F.2d 1236, 1237 (5th Cir. 1986); see Pitts v. Shinseki, 700 F.3d 1279, 1284-86 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (collecting cases recognizing rule), cert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 2856 (2013). 2

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