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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-1041

JAMES RENWICK MANSHIP, SR., 

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

RICHARD TRODDEN, Commonwealth Attorney; OFFICER TOOMEY,

Arlington Police; M. DOUGLAS SCOTT, Chief of Police; BETH

ARTHUR, Sheriff; WILLIAM NEWMAN, Judge; SERVANTS OF THE

CITIZENS OF ARLINGTON COUNTY; DAVID BRIAN NOLAN, Lawyer (not

licensed in Virginia); DAVID RICHARD PRESTIGE, Contractor;

JASON MCCANDLESS, 

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of Virginia, at Alexandria. T. S. Ellis, III, Senior

District Judge. (1:07-cv-00772-TSE-TCB)

Submitted: April 4, 2008 Decided: April 15, 2008

Before TRAXLER and KING, Circuit Judges, and WILKINS, Senior

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

James Renwick Manship, Sr., Appellant Pro Se. Kathryn Anne Grace,

WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER, LLP, McLean, Virginia;

Ara Loris Tramblian, Deputy County Attorney, Arlington, Virginia;

C. Nicole Gilliam, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA,

Richmond, Virginia; Marc Edmund Miller, HOLLAND & KNIGHT,

Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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*Manship also complains that the district court did not

specifically respond to his request for a court-appointed attorney.

Although under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) (2000), a court may request

an attorney to represent an indigent party in a civil case, a court

should do so only in exceptional circumstances. Cook v. Bounds,

518 F.2d 779, 780 (4th Cir. 1975). The district court’s

determination that Manship did not present exceptional

circumstances warranting appointment of counsel was implicit in the

dismissal of his complaint.

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PER CURIAM:

James Renwick Manship, Sr., appeals the district court’s

order dismissing his complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)

(2000) for failure to state a claim. We have reviewed the record

and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the

reasons stated by the district court.* Manship v. Trodden, No.

1:07-cv-00772-TSE-TCB (E.D. Va. Oct. 22, 2007). We dispense with

oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are

adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument

would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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