United States Court of Appeals
                         FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                 No. 00-2166
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Douglas D. Johnson,                     *
                                        *
                   Appellant,           *
                                        *
       v.                               *
                                        *
Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas        *
Department of Correction; Clifford      *
Terry, Warden, Wrightsville Unit,       * Appeal from the United States
Arkansas Department of Correction;      * District Court for the Eastern
Brook Parks, Classification Officer,    * District of Arkansas.
Wrightsville Unit, Arkansas             *
Department of Correction; Guy           *      [UNPUBLISHED]
Jordan, Arkansas State Police; Bailey, *
Colonel, Arkansas State Police;         *
George Brewer, Interstate Compact       *
Coordinator, Arkansas Department        *
of Correction,                          *
                                        *
                   Appellees.           *
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                           Submitted: February 21, 2001

                                Filed: February 22, 2001
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Before McMILLIAN, RICHARD S. ARNOLD, and FAGG, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
       Douglas D. Johnson, a Virginia inmate formerly housed in Arkansas under the
Interstate Corrections Compact (ICC), appeals the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983
complaint for failure to state a claim. Having reviewed de novo Johnson's submissions
to the district court, see First Commercial Trust Co. v. Colt's Mfg. Co., Inc., 

, 1083 (8th Cir. 1996), we conclude Johnson did not state a § 1983 claim under
any of the theories he pursued, see 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e); Haines v. Kerner, 

, 520 (1972) (liberal construction of pro se complaints); Farmer v. Brennan, 

, 837 (1994) (Eighth Amendment violated where prison officials are
deliberately indifferent to prisoner's health or safety); Ellis v. Norris, 

,
1079 (8th Cir. 1999) (prisoner failed to state Eighth Amendment claim because he did
not allege how inadequate security caused him injury); Stewart v. McManus, 

, 142 (8th Cir. 1991) (ICC cannot serve as basis for inmate's § 1983 claim).

      Accordingly, we affirm.

      A true copy.

             Attest:

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




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