Kurt Davis v. Warren Blount ( 2003 )

United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 03-2581
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Kurt Robert Davis, *
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Appellant, *
* Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the
* Western District of Arkansas.
Warren Darrel Blount, Public Defender, * [UNPUBLISHED]
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Appellee. *
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Submitted: August 19, 2003
Filed: August 25, 2003
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Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Arkansas inmate Kurt Robert Davis appeals the district court’s1 preservice
dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Upon de novo review, see Moore v. Sims,
200 F.3d 1170, 1171 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam), we conclude that the district court
properly dismissed the complaint because Davis’s public defender was not a
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The Honorable Jimm Larry Hendren, Chief Judge, United States District Court
for the Western District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the
Honorable Bobby E. Shepherd, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western
District of Arkansas.
government actor, see Polk County v. Dodson, 454 U.S. 312, 325 (1981); Eling v.
Jones, 797 F.2d 697, 698-99 (8th Cir. 1986), cert. denied, 480 U.S. 917 (1987).
Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
A true copy.
Attest:
CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
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