DocketNumber: 98-2234
Citation Numbers: 2 F. App'x 626
Filed Date: 2/7/2001
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 1/12/2023
United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 98-2234 ___________ De Andra Pye, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the Eastern * District of Missouri CO-I Robert Keener, * * [UNPUBLISHED] Appellee. * ___________ Submitted: January 31, 2001 Filed: February 7, 2001 ___________ Before McMILLIAN, RICHARD S. ARNOLD, and FAGG, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Missouri inmate De Andra Pye appeals from the final judgment entered in the District Court1 for the Eastern District of Missouri following an adverse jury verdict in his42 U.S.C. § 1983
action. Pye has moved for preparation of the trial transcript at government expense and for oral argument. We deny the former motion because Pye has not satisfied his burden of demonstrating that the appeal presents a substantial question. In particular, the trial evidence he points to is not contrary to the jury’s 1 The Honorable Charles A. Shaw, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. verdict. See Rhodes v. Corps of Eng’rs,589 F.2d 358
, 359-60 (8th Cir. 1978) (per curiam) (denying transcript prepared at government expense where in forma pauperis appellant made only conclusory allegations that trial court erred in ruling against her). Because we are unable to review the issues Pye raises without a transcript, we deny Pye’s motion for oral argument and dismiss the appeal. See 8th Cir. R. 47A(a). A true copy. Attest: CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT. -2-