United States Court of Appeals
                          FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                  No. 04-1004
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Anthony Pratt,                         *
                                       *
            Appellant,                 *
                                       *
      v.                               * Appeal from the United States
                                       * District Court for the
Corrections Corporation of America     * District of Minnesota.
Corporate Headquarters; Prairie        *
Correctional Facility; Darin Swenson; *       [UNPUBLISHED]
Patrick O’Malley; W. Waldum;           *
P. Ronnings,                           *
                                       *
            Appellees.                 *
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                            Submitted: August 9, 2004
                               Filed: August 13, 2004
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Before MELLOY, LAY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      Inmate Anthony Pratt appeals the 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1) dismissal of his 42
U.S.C. § 1983 action. Upon de novo review, we conclude that the district court1
correctly dismissed Pratt’s access-to-courts claim because he did not allege that


      1
      The Honorable David S. Doty, United States District Judge for the District of
Minnesota.
defendants prevented him from asserting a claim in a “criminal appeal, postconviction
matter, or civil rights action seeking to vindicate basic constitutional rights.” See
Sabers v. Delano, 

, 84 (8th Cir. 1996) (per curiam). Accordingly, we
affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We deny Pratt’s pending motions as moot.
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