United States Court of Appeals
                           FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                No. 01-3471/01-3960
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James A. Willis,                         *
                                         *
             Appellant,                  *
                                         * Appeals from the United States
      v.                                 * District Court for the
                                         * Western District of Missouri.
Patricia L. Brune,                       *
                                         *      [UNPUBLISHED]
             Appellee.                   *
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                          Submitted: March 18, 2002
                              Filed: March 21, 2002
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Before LOKEN, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       In these consolidated appeals, James Willis appeals from the district court’s1
orders denying his petition for a writ of mandamus and assessing a filing fee. Having
reviewed the record, we conclude the court did not abuse its discretion in denying the
petition, see Kerr v. United States Dist. Court, 

, 403 (1976), and properly
assessed the filing fee in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915.

      Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

      1
       The Honorable Gary A. Fenner, United States District Judge for the Western
District of Missouri.
A true copy.

      Attest:

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




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