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

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United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-1171

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Jeffrey Amick, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Western District of Missouri.

Lauri Ashlock; Dave Dormire; *

Arthur Woods; Bill Galloway; * [Unpublished]

Censorship Committee, Members of; *

Clifton Bowen; Paul Gore; Houston, *

Corrections Officer I; Thomas, *

Corrections Officer III; Brian Goeke; *

Gary Kempker; Central Office Legal *

Department; John and Jane Does, *

Members of DOC Accounting; *

Charles Verdugo; K. Elrod; Adams, *

Corrections Officer I; Vaughn, *

Account Manager, *

*

Appellees. *

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Submitted: October 29, 2004 

Filed: November 17, 2004 

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Before RILEY, McMILLIAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

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The Honorable Scott O. Wright, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Missouri, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable

William A. Knox, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of

Missouri.

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Missouri inmate Jeffrey Amick (Amick) appeals the district court’s1 dismissal

under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint, as

well as the court’s denial of reconsideration. We discern no error in the district

court’s orders, given Amick’s failure to explain--after being given the chance to do

so in objections to the magistrate judge’s report and in his motion for reconsideration-

-why he continued to be unable to pay the initial partial filing fee ordered by the

court. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); Cosby v. Meadors, 351 F.3d 1324, 1328-31 (10th

Cir. 2003) (affirming dismissal of prisoner’s complaint for failure to pay assessed

filing fee), cert. denied, 124 S. Ct. 2109 (2004); COMSAT Corp. v. St. Paul Fire &

Marine Ins. Co., 246 F.3d 1101, 1105 (8th Cir. 2001) (standard of review for

reconsideration motions); Burgs v. Sissel, 745 F.2d 526, 528 (8th Cir. 1984) (per

curiam) (sua sponte dismissal for failure to comply with court order).

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We modify the dismissal to be

without prejudice.

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