United States Court of Appeals
                         FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                   No. 10-2738
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Carolyn Betton; Cytoys Durham;          *
Colette Howard; Jurlean Johnson;        *
Charlene King,                          *
                                        *
      Plaintiffs,                       *
                                        *
Eric T. Tolen,                          *   Appeal from the United States
                                        *   District Court for the
      Appellant,                        *   Eastern District of Missouri.
                                        *
      v.                                *   [UNPUBLISHED]
                                        *
St. Louis County, Missouri,             *
                                        *
      Appellee.                         *

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                              Submitted: December 21, 2010
                                 Filed: December 30, 2010
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Before BYE, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
       Eric Tolen appeals the district court’s1 denial of his request for attorney fees in
the matter of Betton v. St. Louis County, No. 4:05-cv-01455. We conclude that the
district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Tolen’s request. See Peter v. Jax,

, 833 (8th Cir. 1999) (standard of review). Accordingly, we affirm. See
8th Cir. R. 47B.
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      1
        The Honorable Jean C. Hamilton, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Missouri.

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