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1 The Honorable George Howard, Jr., United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Arkansas.
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 01-3199
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Anthony Umekwe, *
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Appellant, *
* Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the
* Eastern District of Arkansas.
Arkansas State Hospital, *
* [UNPUBLISHED]
Appellee. *
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Submitted: February 21, 2002
Filed: February 28, 2002
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Before LOKEN, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Anthony Umekwe appeals from the district court’s 1 adverse grant of summary
judgment in his Title VII lawsuit. The district court appointed counsel for Umekwe
below, but Umekwe became dissatisfied with his attorney’s performance, and sought
unsuccessfully to have the district court remove him. Umekwe now argues that the
district court should have allowed him to discharge the attorney and proceed pro se,
and that summary judgment was improper. Upon our de novo review, see Stuart v.
Gen. Motors Corp., 217 F.3d 621, 630 (8th Cir. 2000), we conclude that we need not
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consider whether Umekwe was entitled to discharge his court-appointed counsel
because Umekwe has failed to demonstrate how proceeding pro se would have
affected the outcome of his case, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 61.
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
A true copy.
Attest:
CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
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