United States Court of Appeals
                         FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                 No. 03-1148
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Joseph Haywood Brown, Sr.               *
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            Appellant,                  *
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      v.                                * Appeal from the United States
                                        * District Court for the Western
Division Family Services; Jackson       * District of Missouri.
County Missouri; Noel Heinback;         *
Lou Jackson; Julie Wallace; Virginia    *   [UNPUBLISHED]
Parkinson; Karia Russell; Jay Jenson; *
Richard Matt; Christina Esteban;        *
Diane Koehler; Virginia Fatseas;        *
Catherine Spurrier; Carrie Hayward;     *
Marion Ellis; Mindy Missner; Carrie     *
Bray; Jennifer Merrill; Larry Jones;    *
Susanne A. Block; Melissa McMasters, *
                                        *
            Appellees.                  *
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                        Submitted: April 4, 2003
                            Filed: April 8, 2003
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Before MELLOY, FAGG, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
       Federal inmate Joseph H. Brown, Sr., appeals the district court’s1 judgment
dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint for failure to state a claim. Having
carefully reviewed the record, see Cooper v. Schriro, 

, 783 (8th Cir.
1999) (per curiam) (de novo standard of review), we affirm for the reasons stated by
the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47A(a).

      A true copy.

            Attest:

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




      1
      The Honorable Fernando J. Gaitan, United States District Judge for the
Western District of Missouri.

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