Case Name: Frank R. OWENS, Appellant, v. Tim SEVERIN; John Ault; Jack Bates, c/o; Donald Schbrenner; Darrell Moeller, Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-10-30
Citations: 297 F. App'x 580
Docket Number: No. 08-1973
Parties: Frank R. OWENS, Appellant, v. Tim SEVERIN; John Ault; Jack Bates, c/o; Donald Schbrenner; Darrell Moeller, Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 297
Pages: 580–581

Head Matter:
Frank R. OWENS, Appellant, v. Tim SEVERIN; John Ault; Jack Bates, c/o; Donald Schbrenner; Darrell Moeller, Appellees.
No. 08-1973.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Oct. 15, 2008.
Filed: Oct. 30, 2008.
Frank R. Owens, Fort Madison, IA, pro se.
Forrest Guddall, William Allen Hill, Attorney General’s Office, Des Moines, IA, for Appellee.
Before WOLLMAN, SMITH, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In these consolidated matters, we affirmed, or dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, all but one of the district court's rulings, that being the denial of Owens's motion for substitute counsel in No. OS-1973. We remanded that aspect of the appeal for a fuller explanation by the district court of the basis of its decision to deny that motion. See Owens v. Severin, 293 Fed.Appx. 425 (8th Cir.2008).
Having reviewed the district court's promptly filed and fully explicated re sponse to the remand, we conclude that the district court "exercised a reasoned and well-informed discretion" in denying the motion. See Slaughter v. City of Maplewood, 731 F.2d 587, 589 (8th Cir.1984). Accordingly, we now affirm the denial of the motion for substitute counsel.
. The Honorable Robert W. Pratt, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.