James Blair-Bey v. State of Iowa

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 18-1140
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James Lee Blair-Bey
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v.
State of Iowa; Patti Wachtendorf; Paul Gager; Berl Wilcox; Dave Rhodes; Doug
Beavers; Charles Waterman; Randy Gibbs; STG Originator-Anamosa; STG
Steering Committee Members
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 20, 2018
Filed: July 25, 2018
[Unpublished]
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Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Iowa inmate James Blair-Bey appeals after the District Court1 dismissed his 42
U.S.C. § 1983 complaint preservice under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. In his complaint,
Blair-Bey asserted an access-to-courts claim, an equal protection claim, and due
process claims, including a claim that he was wrongfully classified as a member of
a “security threat group.”
After de novo review, we conclude that dismissal was proper. See Cooper v.
Schriro, 189 F.3d 781, 783 (8th Cir. 1999) (per curiam) (standard of review); see also
Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (noting that under Rule 8 of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure, a complaint must contain sufficient facts to “state a claim
to relief that is plausible on its face”); Moody v. Daggett, 429 U.S. 78, 88 n.9 (1976)
(noting there is no due process protection for prisoner classification); Ballinger v.
Cedar Cty., 810 F.3d 557, 562–63 (8th Cir. 2016) (discussing elements of a prisoner
due process claim); Bear v. Fayram, 650 F.3d 1120, 1122–23 (8th Cir. 2011)
(discussing elements of an access-to-courts claim); Patel v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons,
515 F.3d 807, 815 (8th Cir. 2008) (discussing elements of a prisoner equal protection
claim).
We affirm the judgment of the District Court.
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The Honorable James E. Gritzner, United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Iowa.
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