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United States Court of Appeals
                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                       ____________
No. 23-7097                                                  September Term, 2023
                                                                       1:23-cv-01926-UNA
                                                        Filed On: October 30, 2023

Georgios V. Vloutis,

              Appellant

       v.

Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft,

              Appellee

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

       BEFORE:         Wilkins, Katsas, and Walker, 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 supplement filed by appellant. See
Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(j). Upon consideration of the foregoing and
the motion to appoint counsel, 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 order filed
July 6, 2023 be affirmed. The district court properly dismissed appellant’s case on the
ground that the complaint failed to state a plausible claim upon which relief may be
granted because his complaint alleged in conclusory fashion that appellee was liable for
terrorists mishandling his lost airplane luggage. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii);
Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (requiring a complaint to contain sufficient
factual matter, alleged in non-conclusory terms, to state a claim to relief that is plausible
on its face).

        Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published.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. 23-7097                                                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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