United States Court of Appeals
                           FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                   No. 08-1302
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Calvin Silva,                        *
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           Petitioner-Appellee,      *
                                     * Appeal from the United States
     v.                              * District Court for the District
                                     * of Nebraska.
Robert Houston,                      *
                                     * [UNPUBLISHED]
           Respondent-Appellant.     *
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                             Submitted: September 25, 2008
                                Filed: November 21, 2008
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Before BYE, BEAM, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Robert Houston, Director of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services,
appeals the district court’s1 decision to grant Calvin Silva’s Petition for a Writ of
Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and to order Silva’s immediate release.
Reviewing the district court’s conclusions of law de novo and its factual findings for
clear error, Randolph v. Kenna, 

, 403 (8th Cir. 2002) (standard of
review), we affirm, see 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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      1
      The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon, United States District Judge for the District
of Nebraska.