Janice M. Henderson v. Cypress Media, Inc., doing business as Kansas City Star

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 12-3196
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Janice M. Henderson
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant
v.
Cypress Media, Inc., doing business as Kansas City Star
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
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Submitted: April 4, 2013
Filed: April 25, 2013
[Unpublished]
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Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Janice Henderson appeals the district court’s dismissal of her complaint1
asserting various claims against her former employer, Cypress Media, Inc. The
The Honorable Ortrie D. Smith, United States District Judge for the Western1
District of Missouri.

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district court dismissed her complaint for failure to state a claim. Upon careful
review, we conclude that the district court did not err in dismissing Henderson’s
complaint, see Levy v. Ohl, 477 F.3d 988, 991 (8th Cir. 2007) (de novo review of
dismissal for failure to state claim), and we additionally conclude that the district
court did not abuse its discretion in denying her motion for appointment of counsel,
see Davis v. Scott, 94 F.3d 444, 447 (8th Cir. 1996) (trial court has broad discretion
to decide whether both plaintiff and court will benefit from appointment of counsel);
Rayes v. Johnson, 969 F.2d 700, 702 (8th Cir. 1992) (civil litigant has no
constitutional or statutory right to court-appointed attorney). We thus affirm. See 8th
Cir. R. 47B.
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