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

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The 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Pettigrew; Wayne Hurley; Kimberly * [UNPUBLISHED]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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