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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 

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The Honorable James M. Moody, United States District Judge for the Eastern

District of Arkansas.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-3557

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Dontay Lay, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Arkansas.

H.N. Green, Sheriff, St. Francis County, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellee. *

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Submitted: June 15, 2007

Filed: July 6, 2007

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Before RILEY, MAGILL, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Arkansas inmate Dontay Lay (Lay) appeals the district court’s1

 dismissal

without prejudice of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint for failure to comply with Rule

5.5(c)(2) of the Local Rules of the Eastern District of Arkansas, which allows

dismissal if a communication from the court is not responded to within thirty days.

The district court dismissed the action after Lay failed to respond to the district court’s

order to amend his complaint within thirty days. Upon careful review, we conclude

that the dismissal was not an abuse of discretion. See Nw. Bank & Trust Co. v. First

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Ill. Nat’l Bank, 354 F.3d 721, 725 (8th Cir. 2003) (standard of review); Settlemire v.

Watson, 877 F.2d 13, 14 (8th Cir. 1989) (per curiam) (affirming district court’s

dismissal without prejudice of pro se complaint pursuant to local rule allowing

dismissal where litigant fails to respond to communication of court within thirty days).

Although Lay contends he did not receive the district court’s order directing

him to amend his complaint, Lay did not raise this matter before the district court and

we will not consider the argument for the first time on appeal. See Poolman v. City

of Grafton, __ F.3d __, No. 06-3220, 2007 WL 1597912, at *3 (8th Cir. June 5, 2007).

Accordingly, we affirm. 

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