United States Court of Appeals
                           FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                   No. 02-1173
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Stephen M. Partin,                   *
                                     *
                   Appellant,        *
                                     *
      v.                             *
                                     *
Robinson, Ms., I.P.O. Parole         * Appeal from the United States
Officer, Maximum Security Unit,      * District Court for the Eastern
ADC; G. Harmon, Warden,              * District of Arkansas.
Maximum Security Unit, ADC;          *
L. May, Deputy Director, Arkansas    *       [UNPUBLISHED]
Department of Correction; Larry      *
Norris, Director, Arkansas           *
Department of Correction; Mike       *
Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas,      *
                                     *
                   Appellees.        *
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                             Submitted: May 3, 2002

                                  Filed: May 3, 2002
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Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      Stephen M. Partin appeals the district court's pre-service dismissal of Partin's
42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted.
Having carefully reviewed the record, we conclude dismissal was proper. We thus
affirm the judgment of the district court, and we deny the pending motion. See 8th
Cir. R. 47B.

      A true copy.

            Attest:

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




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