Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2013-08-08 15:35:19.80006+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                            For the Eighth Circuit
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                                No. 12-4034
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                               Dennis Allen Maggese

                        lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

                                            v.

                  John Stoia; Principal Life Insurance Company

                      lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees
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                     Appeal from United States District Court
                  for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines
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                              Submitted: July 31, 2013
                               Filed: August 8, 2013
                                   [Unpublished]
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Before WOLLMAN, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

     Dennis Maggese appeals the district court’s1 adverse grants of summary
judgment, as well as the denials of his motions for counsel and for reconsideration.

      1
       The Honorable Robert W. Pratt, United States District Judge for the Southern
District of Iowa.
After de novo review, see Payne v. Grinnell Mut. Reinsurance Co., 716 F.3d 487, 490
(8th Cir. 2013), we conclude that summary judgment was proper for the reasons
stated by the district court. We also conclude that there was no abuse of discretion
in denying Maggese’s motions for counsel, see Plummer v. Grimes, 87 F.3d 1032,
1033 (8th Cir. 1996) (standard of review), or in denying his motion for
reconsideration, see Christensen v. Qwest Pension Plan, 462 F.3d 913, 920 (8th Cir.
2006) (standard of review for Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motion); Arnold v. Wood, 238
F.3d 992, 998 (8th Cir. 2001) (standard of review for Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion).

      The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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