Case Name: Ike Shawndale NUNN, Appellant v. Jeff SESSIONS, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-07-21
Citations: 696 F. App'x 518
Docket Number: No. 16-5305
Parties: Ike Shawndale NUNN, Appellant v. Jeff SESSIONS, Appellee
Judges: BEFORE: Tatél and Wilkins, Circuit Judges, and Ginsbürg, Senior Circuit Judge
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 696
Pages: 518–518

Head Matter:
Ike Shawndale NUNN, Appellant v. Jeff SESSIONS, Appellee
No. 16-5305
September Term, 2016
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Filed On: July 21, 2017
Ike Shawndale Nunn, Arkansas Department of Correction Cummins Unit, Grady, AR, pro se.
Warden, Arkansas Department of Correction Cummins Unit, Grady, AR for Appellant.
R. Craig Lawrence, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Washington, DC, for Appellee.
BEFORE: Tatél and Wilkins, Circuit Judges, and Ginsbürg, Senior Circuit Judge

Opinion:
JUDGMENT
Per Curiam
This appeal was considered on the- record from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and on the brief filed by appellant. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); D.C. Cir, Rule 34(j). Upon consideration of the foregoing and the motion for appointment of counsel, it is
ORDERED that the motion for appointment of counsel be denied. In civil cases, appellants are not entitled to appointment of counsel when they have not demonstrated sufficient likelihood of success on the merits. It is
FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court's order filed September 20, 2016, dismissing appellant's complaint be affirmed. The district court properly dismissed appellant's complaint, because a government official's decision whether to investigate and prosecute a case is within the absolute discretion of the Executive Branch. See, e.g., United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683, 693, 94 S.Ct. 3090, 41 L.Ed.2d 1039 (1974); Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Pierce, 786 F.2d 1199, 1201 (D.C. Cir. 1986).
Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published.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.