Schaller Telephone v. Golden Sky Systems

1 The Honorable Karen E. Schreier, United States District Judge for the District
of South Dakota.
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 02-1495
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Farrel Eagle Horse, *
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Appellant, *
* Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the
* District of South Dakota.
Dr. D. M. Frost, Medical Director *
and M.D., * [UNPUBLISHED]
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Appellee. *
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Submitted: July 3, 2002
Filed: July 9, 2002
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Before LOKEN, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Farrel Eagle Horse appeals from the district court’s1 judgment for defendant
following a jury trial on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 denial-of-medical-care claim. To the
extent that we can consider Eagle Horse’s arguments without a trial transcript, see
Fed. R. App. P. 10(b); Schmid v. United Bhd. of Carpenters & Joiners, 827 F.2d 384,
386 (8th Cir. 1987) (per curiam), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1071 (1988), we find those
arguments unavailing. There is no indication that the jury was selected in a racially

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discriminatory manner, see Weber v. Strippit, Inc., 186 F.3d 907, 911 (8th Cir. 1999),
cert. denied, 528 U.S. 1078 (2000); Scott v. James, 902 F.2d 672, 675 (8th Cir.), cert.
denied, 498 U.S. 873 (1990); and there is no constitutional or statutory right to
effective assistance of counsel in a civil case, see Glick v. Henderson, 855 F.2d 536,
541 (8th Cir. 1988).
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
A true copy.
Attest:
CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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