Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-12-22 15:00:50.371573+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                     ____________
No. 23-7092                                                September Term, 2023
                                                                      1:23-cv-01001-UNA
                                                      Filed On: December 22, 2023
Anthony Braxton,

              Appellant

       v.

Susan D. Ellis,

              Appellee

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

       BEFORE:       Henderson, Pillard, and Pan, 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 filed by appellant. See Fed. R. App. P.
34(a)(2); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(j). Upon consideration of the foregoing, which this court
construes as including a motion to appoint counsel and a motion for an injunction
seeking a transfer to another facility, and the supplement to the brief, 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 that the motion for an injunction be denied. Appellant has
shown no valid basis for this court to grant injunctive relief. It is

       FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s order filed June
7, 2023, be affirmed. The district court properly dismissed appellant’s case without
prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, because the complaint established
neither federal question nor diversity of citizenship jurisdiction. See Fed. R. Civ. P.
12(h)(3); 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1332.

        Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published.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
                 United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                     ____________
No. 23-7092                                                September Term, 2023

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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