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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 Richard G. Kopf, United States District Judge for the District

of Nebraska.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 07-1095

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Richard Otto Hansen, *

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Appellant, *

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v. * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

Timothy Schmidt, In His Official * District of Nebraska.

Capacity As The District Attorney Of *

Nuckolls County, Nebraska; Terri * [UNPUBLISHED]

Harder, In Her Official Capacity As *

The District Judge Of Nuckolls *

County, Nebraska, *

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: October 2, 2007

Filed: October 23, 2007

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Before WOLLMAN, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Federal inmate Richard Otto Hansen appeals the district court’s1

 preservice

dismissal, without prejudice, of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action under 28 U.S.C.

§§ 1915(e)(2)(B) and 1915A(b). Having carefully reviewed the record and Hansen’s

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submissions on appeal, see Moore v. Sims, 200 F.3d 1170, 1171 (8th Cir. 2000) (per

curiam) (standard of review under § 1915(e)(2)(B)); Cooper v. Schriro, 189 F.3d 781,

783 (8th Cir. 1999) (per curiam) (standard of review under § 1915A(b)), we affirm.

We agree with the district court that both defendants are immune from a civil

suit for damages. See Mireles v. Waco, 502 U.S. 9, 11-12 (1991) (per curiam)

(judicial immunity); Brodnicki v. City of Omaha, 75 F.3d 1261, 1266 (8th Cir. 1996)

(prosecutorial immunity). We also agree with the district court that Hansen’s

complaint fails because Hansen seeks to vacate a state criminal conviction, and such

actions must be brought through a petition for a writ of habeas corpus rather than a

section 1983 complaint. See Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475, 500 (1973) (federal

writ of habeas corpus is sole remedy for challenges to fact or duration of

confinement).

The judgment of the district court is affirmed.

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