Court Opinion

ID: 3046761
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2015-10-13 23:19:43.971743+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:38:07.993962
License: Public Domain

OPINION
 

  PER CURIAM.
 

  Lawrence Verline Wilder, Sr., appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey denying his motion to reopen his case that had been dismissed in 1999.
 

  Wilder filed the underlying action in 1998 in the District Court, and the docket indicates that the presiding judge granted
  
   in forma pauperis
  
  status and dismissed his complaint. Wilder appealed, and this Court affirmed in an opinion dated July 16, 1999. On January 2, 2008, Wilder filed a motion to reopen his appeal, alleging that he was unable to pursue his claim due to a disability.
 

  The District Court determined that Wilder had failed to establish why his case should be reopened, and we agree. Wilder asserts that he was unable to pursue his claim, but that is not so because he completed an appeal before this Court. Nor does he explain why he should be allowed to relitigate claims that were previously considered by both the District Court and this Court.
 

  Accordingly, Wilder’s appeal presents no substantial question, and we will summarily affirm. Wilder’s motion for appointment of counsel is denied.