United States Court of Appeals
                           FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                   No. 00-2361
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Corey Bass,                             *
                                        *
              Appellant,                *
                                        *
      v.                                * Appeal from the United States
                                        * District Court for the
Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas        * Eastern District of Arkansas.
Department of Correction,               *
                                        *      [UNPUBLISHED]
              Appellee.                 *
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                           Submitted: May 30, 2001
                               Filed: June 4, 2001
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Before HANSEN, MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, and BYE, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Corey Bass appeals the district court’s1 dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254
petition. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ submissions on appeal,
we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.



      1
       The Honorable Stephen M. Reasoner, United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the
Honorable H. David Young, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of
Arkansas.
A true copy.

      Attest:

               CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.




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