Case Name: Katie Lee SCOTT, Appellant, v. FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-01-14
Citations: 54 F. App'x 455
Docket Number: No. 02-2138
Parties: Katie Lee SCOTT, Appellant, v. FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 54
Pages: 455–456

Head Matter:
Katie Lee SCOTT, Appellant, v. FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, Appellee.
No. 02-2138.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 6, 2003.
Decided Jan. 14, 2003.
Before LOKEN, BYE, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Katie Lee Scott appeals the district court's entry of judgment following an adverse jury verdict in her Title VII employment-discrimination and retaliation action against Federal Express Corporation. Scott challenges the court's rulings on evidentiary issues, its handling of questions from the jury, and the court's denial of a Batson challenge; Scott also argues her attorney was not effective at trial.
We cannot say, based upon our careful review of the record Scott has provided to us on appeal, that the court committed any prejudicial abuse of discretion in its evidentiary rulings. Further, we find no abuse of discretion in the court's decisions regarding questions posed by the jury, and no clear error in its finding that a black juror was not struck for impermissible reasons. Finally, we note that Scott has no constitutional or statutory right to the effective assistance of counsel in a civil trial. Taylor v. Dickel, 293 F.3d 427, 431 (8th Cir .2002).
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable William R. Wilson, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
. Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 96-98, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986).