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Parties Involved:
Christian Hospital
Appellee
Joe Wells
Appellant

Document Text:

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The Honorable Jean C. Hamilton, United States District Judge for the Eastern

District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 03-3612

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Joe Wells, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Missouri.

Christian Hospital, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellee. *

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Submitted: October 6, 2004

Filed: October 13, 2004

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Before MELLOY, LAY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Joe Wells appeals the district court’s1

 adverse grant of summary judgment in

his action under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-

12213, against his former employer. Having carefully conducted de novo review, see

Meyers v. Neb. Health and Human Servs., 324 F.3d 655, 658-59 (8th Cir. 2003), we

agree with the district court that the instant complaint is untimely, and that neither

Wells’s illness nor his lack of counsel during the period of time when he was required

to file his suit justifies equitable tolling of the limitations period. We also find no

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abuse of discretion in the district court’s refusal to appoint counsel for Wells in this

case.

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We also deny Wells’s pending

motions.

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