United States Court of Appeals
                           FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                    No. 09-3690
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Walter F. Scott,                        *
                                        *
            Appellant,                  *
                                        * Appeal from the United States
     v.                                 * District Court for the
                                        * Eastern District of Missouri.
Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis, *
LLC; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, LLC       *     [UNPUBLISHED]
A Delaware Corporation; Pulitzer, Inc. *
A Delaware Corporation,                 *
                                        *
            Appellees.                  *
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                              Submitted: May 18, 2010
                                 Filed: May 25, 2010
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Before LOKEN, BYE, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Walter F. Scott appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment
in his civil action. Upon de novo review, see Johnson v. Blaukat, 

,
1112 (8th Cir. 2006), we conclude that summary judgment was proper for the reasons
the district court stated. We further conclude that the court did not prematurely enter


      1
       The HONORABLE E. RICHARD WEBBER, United States District Judge for
the Eastern District of Missouri.
summary judgment, see Dulany v. Carnahan, 

, 1238 (8th Cir. 1997),
and that it did not abuse its discretion in denying Scott’s motion to compel discovery,
see Lee v. Armontrout, 

, 489 (8th Cir. 1993) (per curiam). Accordingly,
we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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