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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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No. 92-5580
Summary Calendar
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TALAL NASSER,
a/k/a Sam Kordy,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
HARLON COPEELAND,
Sheriff, ET AL.,
Defendants-Appellees.
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No. 92-5581
Summary Calendar
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ALAN R. KORANEK, ET AL.,
Plaintiffs,
TALAL NASSER a/k/a
Sam Kordy,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
WILLIAM CLEMENTS, Governor, Et Al.,
Defendants-Appellees.

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* Local Rule 47.5 provides: "The publication of opinions that have no
precedential value and merely decide particular cases on the basis of well-
settled principles of law imposes needless expense on the public and burdens on
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Appeals from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
SA 89 CV 988
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March 22, 1993
Before GARWOOD, JONES, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
These cases were again consolidated on appeal at
appellees' request. We affirm the district court's judgment in
appeal No. 92-5581, relating to conditions in the Bexar County
jail, and appellant's complaint about conditions there following a
lock-down, on the basis of the magistrate judge's findings and
recommendation filed March 21, 1990, and the district court's
affirming opinion filed December 5, 1990.
As to appeal No. 92-5580, concerning appellant Nasser's
alleged injuries in a slip and fall accident at the jail, we affirm
based on the findings and recommendation of the United States
magistrate judge filed March 21, 1990, and the district court's
affirming opinion and order filed November 29, 1990.
Nasser also objects to the district court's denial of
appointment of counsel in this case and moves for appointment of
counsel on appeal. The district court did not abuse its discretion
in denying appointment of counsel for this civil action, and the

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district court's reasoning applies on appeal as well. Contrary to
his protestations of ignorance, Nasser became an experienced inmate
litigant, and his pleadings display more than adequate competence
in the English language. Although Nasser raised numerous issues in
each of the cases on appeal before us, none of them involve
difficult issues of fact or law. Yet only under "exceptional
circumstances" must the district court appoint counsel in civil
rights actions. Ulmer v. Chancellor, 691 F.2d 209, 212-13 (5th
Cir. 1992). Because there are no such circumstances present in
these cases, the district court properly denied Nasser's motion.
Likewise, the motion for appointment of counsel on appeal
is denied.
The judgments of the district court are AFFIRMED.
Motion to appoint counsel on appeal is DENIED.

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