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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 

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The Honorable Robert W. Pratt, United States District Judge for the Southern

District of Iowa.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-2021

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Richard Leslie Schrier, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Southern District of Iowa.

Donna Paulson, sued as Judge Donna *

Paulson; Scott Rosenberg, sued as * [UNPUBLISHED]

Judge Scott Rosenberg; Des Moines *

Police Department; Polk County *

Sheriff’s Department; Christine *

Gonzalez, sued in her official capacity *

as Polk County Attorney, *

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: November 3, 2005 

Filed: November 16, 2005

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Before MELLOY, MAGILL, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Richard Schrier appeals the district court’s1

 dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983

action for damages. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’

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submissions on appeal, we conclude the judgment of the district court was correct.

Defendant judges were entitled to judicial immunity, see Mireles v. Waco, 502 U.S.

9, 11-13 (1991) (per curiam), as well as sovereign immunity, see Williams v.

Missouri, 973 F.2d 599, 599-600 (8th Cir. 1992) (per curiam); the county attorney

was entitled to absolute prosecutorial immunity, see Brodnicki v. City of Omaha, 75

F.3d 1261, 1266 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 867 (1996); and, even assuming

that the remaining defendants were suable entities, the allegations against them did

not state a constitutional violation attributable to governmental policy or custom, see

Tilson v. Forrest City Police Dep’t, 28 F.3d 802, 807 (8th Cir. 1994), cert. denied,

514 U.S. 1004 (1995). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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