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United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                      ____________
No. 23-5274                                                September Term, 2023
                                                                       1:22-cv-03453-DLF
                                                      Filed On: April 8, 2024
Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva,

              Appellant

       v.

Denis McDonough, in his official capacity as
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs, et al.,

              Appellees

            ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                      FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

       BEFORE:       Millett, Pillard, and Wilkins, Circuit Judges

                                     JUDGMENT

        This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia and on the brief and appendix filed by appellant. See Fed.
R. App. P. 34(a)(2); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(j). Upon consideration of the foregoing, the
motion to appoint counsel, and the motion to permit pro se electronic filing status, it is

        ORDERED that the motion to appoint 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 September 13,
2023 order be affirmed. Appellant’s notice of appeal is timely only as to the district
court’s post-judgment order denying leave to file, see Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(B), and
appellant has not shown that the district court abused its discretion by denying her
leave to file documents concerning a motion for a preliminary injunction in a closed
case, see Berry v. District of Columbia, 833 F.3d 1031, 1037 n.24 (D.C. Cir. 1987). It is

      FURTHER ORDERED that the motion to permit pro se electronic filing status be
dismissed as moot.
                 United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                     ____________
No. 23-5274                                                September Term, 2023

        Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published.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.

                                       Per Curiam

                                                         FOR THE COURT:
                                                         Mark J. Langer, Clerk

                                                 BY:     /s/
                                                         Daniel J. Reidy
                                                         Deputy Clerk

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