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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 

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The Honorable Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr., United States District Judge for the

Western District of Missouri. 

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-2511

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Donnie Ray Dumas, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the Western

* District of Missouri.

Stephanie J. Dumolt; Stephen M. *

Donnally; Edward F. Reilly, Jr.; John * [UNPUBLISHED]

Ashcroft; John R. Simpson; John Doe, *

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: December 16, 2004

Filed: December 20, 2004

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Before MURPHY, FAGG, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Federal inmate Donnie Ray Dumas appeals the district court’s*

 preservice

dismissal of Dumas’s Bivens action. See Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403

U.S. 388 (1971). Having carefully reviewed the record, we conclude dismissal was

proper because Dumas failed to state a constitutional claim. Accordingly, we affirm

the judgment of the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47A(a).

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We also grant Dumas’s motion to appeal in forma pauperis, and instruct the

district court–which assessed an initial partial appellate filing fee–to assess and

collect the balance of the appellate filing fee. See Henderson v. Norris, 129 F.3d 481,

484-85 (8th Cir. 1997) (per curiam). Finally, we deny Dumas’s request for

mandamus relief, which appears to raise claims not previously presented to the

district court.

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