Darlene Ball-Rice v. Board of Education of PG County, No. 13-1979 (4th Cir. 2013)
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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 13-1979 DARLENE BALL-RICE, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF PRINCE GEORGE S COUNTY, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Peter J. Messitte, Senior District Judge. (8:11-cv-01398-PJM) Submitted: November 19, 2013 Before WYNN and Circuit Judge. FLOYD, Circuit Decided: November 21, 2013 Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Darlene Ball-Rice, Appellant Pro Se. Hitt Thatcher, THATCHER LAW FIRM, Appellee. Robert Judah Baror, Linda Greenbelt, Maryland, for Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Darlene Ball-Rice appeals the district court s order granting summary judgment to Defendant in her employment discrimination action alleging workplace harassment based on her race and gender and retaliation. contention is that her counsel On appeal, Ball-Rice s sole was ineffective. However, a litigant in a civil action has no constitutional or statutory right to effective assistance of counsel. Sanchez v. United States 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). Accordingly, pauperis and affirm. facts and materials legal before we grant leave to proceed in forma We dispense with oral argument because the contentions are adequately this and argument court presented would not in the aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 2
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