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United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 02-2556
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Robert Lee Valentine, *
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Appellant, *
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v. *
* Appeal from the United States
David C. Brown, Prosecutor Attorney; * District Court for the District
Robert Bozovsky, Chief Detective * of Minnesota.
Brooklyn Park; Nathaniel J. Pearlson, *
Forensic Scientist; Jack Denzel Davis, * [UNPUBLISHED]
ASC-Supervisor; John Doe, Unknown *
Agents, *
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Appellees. *
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Submitted: August 20, 2002
Filed: August 27, 2002
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Before McMILLIAN, FAGG, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Minnesota inmate Robert Lee Valentine appeals the district court's preservice
dismissal of Valentine's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit. Having carefully reviewed the
record, we conclude dismissal was proper for the reasons relied on by the district
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court, but we modify the dismissal to be without prejudice. We thus affirm the
judgment as modified. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
A true copy.
Attest:
CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
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