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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 

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Filed On: June 20, 2016

Jeanne Abigail Custis,

Appellant

V.

Central Intelligence Agency, et al.,

Appellees

ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

BEFORE: Rogers and Kavanaugh, Circuit Judges; Ginsburg, Senior Circuit

Judge

JUDGMENT

This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court

for the District of Columbia and on appellant’s brief. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); D.C.

Cir. Rule 34(j). Upon consideration of the foregoing, the motions to appoint counsel,

and the letter filed by appellant, it is

ORDERED that the motions to appoint counsel be denied. In civil cases,

appellants are not entitled to appointment of counsel when they have not demonstrated

any likelihood of success on the merits. It is

FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s order filed July

30, 2015, be affirmed. The district court properly dismissed appellant’s petition for writ

of habeas corpus for lack of subject matter jurisdiction on the ground that it is “patently

insubstantial,’ presenting no federal question suitable for decision.” Tooley v.

Napolitano, 586 F.3d 1006, 1009 (D.C. Cir. 2009) (quoting Best v. Kelly, 39 F.3d 328,

330 (D.C. Cir. 1994)).
is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after resolution

of any timely petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. Fed. R. App.

P. 41(b); D.C. Cit. Rule 41.

Per Curiam

FOR THE COURT:

Mark J. Langer, Clerk

By: Is!

Ken Meadows

Deputy Clerk