Louis Jimerson v. Raymond M. Meyer

1 The Honorable Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr., United States District Judge for the
Western District of Missouri.
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 02-1783
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Hakeem A. Malik, *
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Appellant, *
* Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the
* Western District of Missouri.
Laine Cardarella; Federal Public *
Defender’s Office, * [UNPUBLISHED]
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Appellees. *
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Submitted: August 7, 2003
Filed: August 7, 2003
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Before BOWMAN, BYE, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Federal inmate Hakeem A. Malik appeals the preservice dismissal of his civil
rights action. Having carefully reviewed the record, see Cooper v. Schriro, 189 F.3d
781, 783 (8th Cir. 1999) (per curiam) (applying de novo review), we conclude the
District Court 1 properly dismissed the complaint because Malik’s court-appointed
defense counsel was not a government actor, see Polk County v. Dodson, 454 U.S.
312, 325 (1981); Christian v. Crawford, 907 F.2d 808, 810 (8th Cir. 1990) (per

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curiam). We decline to consider Malik’s conclusory allegations of conspiracy, which
he did not mention below. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
A true copy.
Attest:
CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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