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Parties Involved:
Darrell J. Harper
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

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No. 15-5229 September Term, 2015

1:15-cv-01172-UNA

Filed On: July 26, 2016

Darrell J. Harper,

Appellant

v.

United States of America,

Appellee

ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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

Circuit Judge

J U D G M E N T

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

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

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

it is

ORDERED that the motion 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

21, 2015, dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, be affirmed. Appellant has

provided no basis for overturning the district court’s decision: he failed to name any

individual federal defendant as he must to bring a viable claim under Bivens v. Six

Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. 388, 397 (1971); the United States did not

waive sovereign immunity, see FDIC v. Meyer, 510 U.S. 471, 475 (1994); and appellant

failed to exhaust the administrative remedies available before he filed suit, see DeBrew

v. Atwood, 792 F.3d 118, 126 (D.C. Cir. 2015). 

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United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

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No. 15-5229 September Term, 2015

Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk

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. See Fed. R. App.

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

Per Curiam

FOR THE COURT:

Mark J. Langer, Clerk 

BY: /s/

Ken Meadows

Deputy Clerk/LD

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