United States Court of Appeals
                          FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                   No. 07-1228
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Donald J. Dockery,                     *
                                       *
              Appellant,               *
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      v.                               * Appeal from the United States
                                       * District Court for the
Timothy P. Burns; Scott C. Sladek;     * District of Nebraska.
John J. Jedlicka; William H. Ouren;    *
Omaha Public Defender’s Office,        *      [UNPUBLISHED]
                                       *
              Appellees.               *
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                             Submitted: October 23, 2007
                                Filed: November 7, 2007
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Before MURPHY, SMITH, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      Donald Dockery appeals the district court’s1 preservice dismissal of his 42
U.S.C. § 1983 complaint for failure to state a claim. Upon de novo review, see Moore
v. Sims, 

, 1171 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam), we conclude that dismissal
was proper. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court. See 8th Cir.
R. 47B.


      1
      The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, United States District Judge for the District
of Nebraska.