United States Court of Appeals
                           FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                    No. 06-1847
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Jessie J. Johnson,                       *
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             Appellant,                  *
                                         * Appeal from the United States
      v.                                 * District Court for the
                                         * Eastern District of Arkansas.
Harvey Yates,                            *
                                         * [UNPUBLISHED]
             Appellee.                   *
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                              Submitted: March 27, 2007
                                 Filed: March 28, 2007
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Before SMITH, GRUENDER, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Jessie Johnson appeals the district court’s1 dismissal of his complaint against
Harvey Yates, a judge in the Circuit Court of Phillips County, Arkansas. Johnson
alleged that Judge Yates knew that a defendant in Johnson’s state-court lawsuit was
lying to the court at a hearing, but failed to hold the defendant in contempt of court.
We agree with the district court that Judge Yates was protected by absolute judicial
immunity. See Mireles v. Waco, 

, 11 (1991) (per curiam).

      Accordingly, we affirm the dismissal. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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      1
       The Honorable J. Leon Holmes, Chief Judge, United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Arkansas.