United States Court of Appeals
                           FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                   No. 07-2089
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Kenneth Bell; Cleophus Mack,            *
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             Appellants,                *
                                        * Appeal from the United States
      v.                                * District Court for the
                                        * Eastern District of Missouri.
State of Missouri,                      *
                                        *      [UNPUBLISHED]
             Appellee.                  *
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                             Submitted: October 31, 2007
                                 Filed: November 5, 2007
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Before BYE, RILEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      Missouri prisoners Kenneth Bell and Cleophus Mack appeal the district court’s1
28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) preservice dismissal of their complaint. Upon de novo review,
Cooper v. Schriro, 

, 783 (8th Cir. 1999) (per curiam) (standard of
review), we conclude dismissal was proper because the five-year limitations period
had expired. See Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.120(4); Wallace v. Kato, 

, 1094
(2007) (holding § 1983 actions are characterized as personal-injury actions for
purposes of determining which state statute of limitations to apply). However, we

      1
        The Honorable E. Richard Webber, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Missouri.
modify the judgment to be with prejudice, see Botten v. Shorma, 

, 980-
81 (8th Cir. 2006) (affirming dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint with prejudice on
statute of limitations grounds), and we affirm the judgment as modified. See 8th Cir.
R. 47B.
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