UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-7791
CHRISTOPHER LYLES,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
LIEUTENANT SIGNAL; SERGEANT HUNTER; CORREC-
TIONAL OFFICER COLLINS; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER
PLYBON; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER JOEY; NURSE
ALEXANDER,
Defendants - Appellees,
and
LYNN PHILLIPS; JAMES B. FRENCH,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Fox, Chief District
Judge. (CA-95-538)
Submitted: September 11, 1997 Decided: September 18, 1997
Before RUSSELL, MURNAGHAN, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Christopher Lyles, Appellant Pro Se. William McBlief, NORTH CARO-
LINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Christopher Lyles, a North Carolina inmate, appeals the jury's
verdict for the Defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) civil
action. Lyles, who brought this suit alleging excessive force and
inadequate medical care by the Defendants, urges overturning the
jury's verdict because he asserts that the district court should
have appointed counsel to represent him. We have reviewed the
record and find no reversible error. There is not a constitutional
right to appointed counsel in a civil case. See Whisenant v. Yuam,
739 F.2d 160, 163 (4th Cir. 1984).
Accordingly, we affirm the jury's verdict. Additionally, we
deny Lyles' motion to appoint counsel. We dispense with oral
argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
presented in the materials before the court and argument would not
aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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