United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                     No. 99-3331
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Hillmar I. Bittner,                      *
                                         *
             Appellant,                  *
                                         *
      v.                                 *
                                         * Appeal from the United States
Michael Hatch, sued as Mike Hatch,       * District Court for the
MN Attorney General; Peter M.            * District of Minnesota.
Ackerberg, Asst. Attorney General;       *
Robert J. Goggins, 1st Dist. Judge;      *
Luann Burandt, Carver County             * [UNPUBLISHED]
Social Services,                         *
                                         *
             Appellees.                  *
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                           Submitted: January 5, 2000
                               Filed: January 14, 2000
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Before BOWMAN, FAGG, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Hillmar I. Bittner appeals from the district court’s1 dismissal of his complaint on
the basis of absolute judicial immunity and for failure to state a claim upon which relief


      1
        The Honorable James M. Rosenbaum, United States District Judge for the
District of Minnesota.
can be granted. After de novo review, see Ring v. First Interstate Mortgage, Inc., 

, 926 (8th Cir. 1993), we conclude dismissal was proper for the reasons stated
by the district court. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

      A true copy.

             Attest:

                     CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.




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