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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 Mark W. Bennett, United States District Judge for the Northern

District of Iowa.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 09-1397

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Paul Michael Blaise, *

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Appellant, *

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v. * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

Dr. Jason Smith; PSS Hope Prentice; * Northern District of Iowa.

PSS Hirschman; TPS Jennifer *

Macklem, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: November 23, 2009

Filed: January 12, 2010

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Before MURPHY, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Paul Blaise appeals the district court’s1

 preservice dismissal of his 42 U.S.C.

§ 1983 action. Upon careful review, see Moore v. Sims, 200 F.3d 1170, 1171 (8th

Cir. 2000) (per curiam) (de novo review), we affirm the dismissal for the reasons

stated by the district court, see 8th Cir. R. 47B. However, to the extent Blaise’s claims

for damages were dismissed pursuant to Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 486-87

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(1994), we modify the dismissal to be without prejudice, see Schafer v. Moore, 46

F.3d 43, 45 (8th Cir. 1995) (per curiam) (dismissal under Heck should be without

prejudice so plaintiff can refile if he satisfies Heck requirements).

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