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Albert REECE, Appellant, v. Robert KNOWLS, Doctor; Michael Cherazard, Doctor; Ashkok R. Mallya, Doctor, Appellees.
    No. 00-3152.
    united States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
    Submitted April 5, 2001.
    Decided April 10, 2001.
    Before HANSEN, MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, and BYE, Circuit Judges.
   [UNPUBLISHED]

PER CURIAM.

Albert Reece appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint, wherein he alleged that he lost sight in his left eye as a result of defendants’ prescribing him medication which they should have known would cause him to lose his eyesight. We conclude dismissal was proper, because medical negligence is not enough to maintain a section 1988 action. See Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 106-07, 97 S.Ct. 285, 50 L.Ed.2d 251 (1976). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. 
      
      . The Honorable Jean C. Hamilton, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable David D. Noce, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.