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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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United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 10-1210

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DeMun D. Walker, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the Western

* District of Missouri.

Galbreth, COII; Higgenbotham, *

COI; McCormack, COI; Neff, COI; * [UNPUBLISHED]

Nowcha, COI; Heyer, COI, Stickler, *

COI; Abel, COI; Williams, COI; *

Siefier, COI; Lewis, COI; Wilson, *

COI; Muelluer, COI; R. Mobly, *

CCW; J. Ellis, FUM; Jefferson City *

Correctional Center; Mike Kemna; *

Robin Thorne, *

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: June 30, 2010

Filed: July 12, 2010

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Before LOKEN, BYE, and SHEPHERD, 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, now retired.

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Missouri inmate DeMun Walker appeals the district court’s1

 dismissal of his

42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint without prejudice under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) for failure

to comply with a court order. Upon careful review, we conclude that the district court

did not abuse its discretion in dismissing Walker’s complaint, because the record

shows that after the magistrate issued an order assessing an initial partial filing fee

based on Walker’s inmate account statement and directing Walker to authorize the

payment, Walker merely objected to the fee, stated that it was “non-tenable,” and

indicated that he did not want to pay it. See Smith v. Gold Dust Casino, 526 F.3d 402,

404-05 (8th Cir. 2008) (Rule 41(b) dismissal is reviewed for abuse of discretion); see

also Cosby v. Meadors, 351 F.3d 1324, 1327 (10th Cir. 2003) (if prisoner has means

to pay partial filing fee and fails to do so, district court may dismiss action under Rule

41(b) for failure to comply with court order); Burgs v. Sissel, 745 F.2d 526, 528 (8th

Cir. 1984) (per curiam) (court may sua sponte dismiss action if plaintiff fails to

comply with court order).

Accordingly, we deny the pending motions, and we affirm. See 8th Cir. R.

47B.

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