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Parties Involved:
Harold James Bosier
Appellant
Department of Treasury
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-50863

Summary Calendar

HAROLD JAMES BOSIER, 

 Plaintiff – Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, 

 Defendant – Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 1:14-CV-24

Before SMITH, WIENER, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Plaintiff–Appellant Harold James Bosier appeals the district court’s 

dismissal of his complaint against the Department of the Treasury and the 

district court’s denial of his motion to appoint counsel. We have reviewed the 

briefs and applicable portions of the record, and we conclude that the district 

court committed no error. The district court correctly dismissed Bosier’s 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

March 17, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

 

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complaint because Bosier failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. In 

addition, as the district court noted, dismissal was warranted for the 

independent reason that Bosier’s suit—which he commenced 91 days after the 

MSPB’s decision became final—was untimely. Moreover, Bosier fails to show 

that the district court abused its discretion in refusing to appoint counsel for 

him. See Salmon v. Corpus Christi Indep. Sch. Dist, 911 F.2d 1165, 1166 (5th 

Cir. 1990).

For the foregoing reasons, as more fully explained by the district court, 

we AFFIRM.

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