Vallie B. Dean v. Board of Education of Prince George’s County

UNPUBLISHED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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Vallie Dean appeals the district court’s judgment
granting summary judgment to the Defendant in Dean’s employment
discrimination case. We have reviewed the record and find no
reversible error.∗ 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). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials
before this court and argument would not aid the 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).

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