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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 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.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-2514

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George Brown, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Western District of Missouri.

Brenda Umstattd, Court Clerk; *

Deborah Chesire, Court Clerk, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: January 28, 2005

Filed: February 3, 2005 

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Before MELLOY, McMILLIAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

George Brown appeals the district court’s1

 adverse grant of summary judgment

in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit alleging defendant court clerks’ actions blocked his

appeal in his state-court case. After viewing the record in a light most favorable to

Brown, see Kincaid v. City of Omaha, 378 F.3d 799, 803-04 (8th Cir. 2004) (standard

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of review), we conclude the district court correctly determined he failed to state a

claim based on equal protection, due process, or access to the courts. Brown did not

show he was treated differently from others who were similarly situated. See Johnson

v. City of Minneapolis, 152 F.3d 859, 862 (8th Cir. 1998), cert. denied, 525 U.S.

1142 (1999). Further, the record before us indicates that Brown had not lost his right

to appeal the dismissal of his state-court petition, as a final appealable judgment had

not been entered. See Mo. R. Civ. P. 74.01(a) (judgment is entered when writing

signed by judge and denominated “judgment” or “decree” is filed), 74.06 (a) (clerical

mistakes in judgments or orders may be corrected by court at any time by motion of

either party); Logan v. Sho-Me Power Elect. Coop., 83 S.W.3d 109, 111-12 (Mo.

App. 2002) (where September docket entry was not signed or initialed by judge, and

February docket entry was not denominated “judgment,” neither resulted in final

judgment under Rule 74.01).

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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