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Parties Involved:
Linda Cooper-Igwebuike
Appellant
Janice Riggle Huie
Not Party
United Methodist Church
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable G. Thomas Eisele, United States District Judge for the Eastern

District of Arkansas.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-3664

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Linda Cooper-Igwebuike, Rev., *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Arkansas.

United Methodist Church, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellee, *

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Janice Riggle Huie, Bishop, *

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Defendant. *

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Submitted: December 7, 2005

Filed: December 27, 2005

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Before ARNOLD, FAGG, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

The Reverend Linda Cooper-Igwebuike appeals the district court’s*

 dismissal

with prejudice of her Title VII action. Having reviewed the record de novo, we agree

the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction, because the case fell under the

ministerial exception to Title VII. See Scharon v. St. Luke’s Episcopal Presbyterian

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Hospitals, 929 F.2d 360 (8th Cir. 1991). Moreover, we fail to see how CooperIgwebuike was prejudiced by the district court’s failure to consider her motion for

appointed counsel before dismissing the action. See Nelson v. Redfield Lithograph

Printing, 728 F.2d 1003, 1005 (8th Cir. 1984). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir.

R. 47B.

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