United States Court of Appeals
                           FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                   No. 02-2436
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Melvin Mayweather,                     *
                                       *
             Appellee,                 *
                                       * Appeal from the United States
       v.                              * District Court for the Eastern
                                       * District of Arkansas.
Lethell Davis, CO-1, Correctional      *
Security Officer, Benton Unit          *      [UNPUBLISHED]
(originally sued as L. Davis),         *
                                       *
             Appellant.                *
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                          Submitted: February 19, 2003
                              Filed: February 24, 2003
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Before BYE, FAGG, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      Arkansas Department of Correction officer Lethell Davis appeals an adverse
jury verdict in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought against him, as well as the district
court’s1 denial of his motion for judgment as a matter of law or for remittitur of the
damages award. Upon de novo review, see Kinserlow v. CMI Corp., 

,
1025 (8th Cir. 2000), we conclude the district court did not err in denying Davis


      1
       The Honorable George Howard, Jr., United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Arkansas.
judgment as a matter of law. We also conclude the court did not abuse its discretion
in denying Davis remittitur, as the award was not conscience-shocking or unjust. See
Duty v. Norton-Alcoa Proppants, 

, 496 (8th Cir. 2002).

      Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See 8th Cir.
R. 47B.

      A true copy.

             Attest:

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




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