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

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The Honorable Susan Webber Wright, United States District Judge for the

Eastern District of Arkansas.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-3370

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Shirley A. Tyus, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Arkansas.

Earl Cranor, Adult Probation and * 

Parole Officer, Conway, AR, Faulkner * [UNPUBLISHED]

County, *

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Appellee. *

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Submitted: August 22, 2007

Filed: August 27, 2007

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Before WOLLMAN, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Shirley Tyus appeals the district court’s1

 dismissal of her 42 U.S.C. § 1983

complaint against a state parole and probation officer. Upon de novo review, see

Thomas v. St. Louis Bd. of Police Comm’rs, 447 F.3d 1082, 1084-85 (8th Cir. 2006)

(standard of review), we conclude that dismissal was proper because Tyus sued

Officer Cranor only in his official capacity. See Johnson v. Outboard Marine Corp.,

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We do not consider Tyus’s claim for injunctive relief because it was not raised

in the district court. See Alexander v. Pathfinder, Inc., 189 F.3d 735, 740 (8th Cir.

1999). 

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172 F.3d 531, 535 (8th Cir. 1999) (“[I]n order to sue a public official in his or her

individual capacity, a plaintiff must expressly and unambiguously state so in the

pleadings, otherwise, it will be assumed that the defendant is sued only in his or her

official capacity.”); Murphy v. Arkansas, 127 F.3d 750, 754 (8th Cir. 1997) (Eleventh

Amendment bars damages claims against state officials acting in their official

capacities).2

The judgment is affirmed. 

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