Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-12-20 21:00:59.794111+00
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USCA4 Appeal: 23-1500      Doc: 15         Filed: 12/19/2023    Pg: 1 of 2

                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 23-1500

        ANDREA JEAN FULLER,

                            Plaintiff - Appellant,

                     v.

        CULPEPER COUNTY, VIRGINIA; CULPEPER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
        PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS; WILLIAM E. MARTIN, JR.;
        JENNIFER ROSENFELD; JOHN C. EGERTSON,

                            Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at
        Charlottesville. Norman K. Moon, Senior District Judge. (3:22-cv-00058-NKM-JCH)

        Submitted: November 20, 2023                                Decided: December 19, 2023

        Before KING and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Andrea Jean Fuller, Appellant Pro Se. Jeremy David Capps, Sarah Marie Carroll,
        HARMAN CLAYTOR CORRIGAN & WELLMAN, Glen Allen, Virginia, for Appellees.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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        PER CURIAM:

               Andrea Jean Fuller appeals the magistrate judge’s order denying her motion to

        appoint counsel and the district court’s order granting Defendants’ motion to dismiss her

        complaint alleging discrimination and retaliatory termination in violation of the Americans

        with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 to 12213, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as

        amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 701 to 796l. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible

        error. * Accordingly, we affirm. Fuller v. Culpeper Cnty., No. 3:22-cv-00058-NKM-JCH

        (W.D. Va. Oct. 24, 2022 & Apr. 13, 2023). We dispense with oral argument because the

        facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and

        argument would not aid the decisional process.

                                                                                         AFFIRMED

               *
                 Contrary to the magistrate judge’s statement, the district court has the authority to
        appoint counsel in civil actions to represent parties who, like Fuller, are proceeding in
        forma pauperis. See, e.g., Miller v. Simmons, 814 F.2d 962, 966 (4th Cir. 1987). However,
        as Fuller’s action was not so complex that counsel was necessary, we find no abuse of
        discretion in the denial of the motion to appoint counsel.

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