United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                  No. 03-3042
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United States of America,                *
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             Appellee,                   *
                                         * Appeal from the United States
       v.                                * District Court for the Western
                                         * District of Missouri.
Randall Brian Jarvis, also known as      *
Christopher Michaelson, also known       *       [UNPUBLISHED]
as Josiah Richards, also known as        *
Order of Jesus Christ's Disciples, also *
known as Order of Christian              *
Disciples, also known as Church of       *
Jesus Christ Disciples, also known as *
Christian Disciples International,       *
                                         *
             Appellant.                  *
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                             Submitted: May 21, 2004
                                Filed: May 27, 2004
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Before BYE, McMILLIAN, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
       Randall Brian Jarvis (Jarvis) appeals the district court’s1 order granting the
government a default judgment against him for a permanent injunction. We conclude
that the court did not abuse its discretion. See Forsythe v. Hales, 

, 490
(8th Cir. 2001) (standard of review). Jarvis failed to respond to the complaint;
thereafter, in violation of court rules, he attempted to submit by facsimile his response
to the government’s motion for a default order, and then did not cure the problem by
submitting a proper filing after the court informed him that his facsimile would not
be accepted; and he did not respond to the court’s two show-cause orders. Jarvis’s
arguments on the merits are thus irrelevant. See Ackra Direct Mktg. Corp. v.
Fingerhut Corp., 

, 857 (8th Cir. 1996); Brown v. Kenron Aluminum &
Glass Corp., 

, 531 (8th Cir. 1973).

      Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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      1
       The Honorable Gary A. Fenner, United States District Judge for the Western
District of Missouri.
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