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1The Honorable Gary A. Fenner, United States District Judge for the Western
District of Missouri.
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 05-2600
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Walter Mountain, *
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Appellant, *
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v. * Appeal from the United States
* District Court for the
Michael Kemna; Jean Ann Johnson; * Western District of Missouri.
Todd Phillips; Steven Brown; Shawn *
Pettigrew; Wayne Hurley; Kimberly * [UNPUBLISHED]
Little, *
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Appellees. *
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Submitted: December 22, 2005
Filed: January 4, 2006
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Before MURPHY, McMILLIAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Walter Mountain appeals the district court’s1 order denying his motion for a
new trial following a jury verdict for defendants in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We
grant Mountain’s in forma pauperis motion, and, because our review of the record
convinces us that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Mountain’s
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motion for a new trial, see Pullman v. Land O’Lakes, Inc., 262 F.3d 759, 762 (8th Cir.
2001) (standard of review), we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47A(a).
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