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Nature of Suit Code: 423
Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Withdrawal 28 USC 157
Cause of Action: 

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United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-1603

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Stephen Wayne Carlson

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development;

Commissioner Katie Clark Sieben, in Official Capacity; Minnesota Governor

Mark Dayton, in Official Capacity

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis

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 Submitted: October 15, 2015

 Filed: December 9, 2015 

[Unpublished]

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Before LOKEN, COLLOTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

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Stephen Carlson brought this action asserting claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

In earlier proceedings, the district court dismissed the action, and this court affirmed. 

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Thereafter, the Supreme Court granted Carlson’s petition for a writ of certiorari and

directed reconsideration in light of an intervening decision that the Court had

rendered. This court then remanded the case to the district court. On remand, the

district court dismissed the action on narrower grounds, and Carlson now appeals that

dismissal, as well as the district court’s denial of a post-judgment motion.

Having carefully reviewed the record and considered Carlson’s arguments on

appeal, we conclude that the district court properly dismissed the action based on the

doctrine of resjudicata. See Yankton Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Dep’t of Health and Human

Servs., 533 F.3d 634, 639 (8th Cir. 2008) (de novo review of dismissal on grounds

of res judicata). Further, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its

discretion in denying Carlson’s post-judgment motion. See United States v. Metro.

St. Louis Sewer Dist., 440 F.3d 930, 933 (8th Cir. 2006) (abuse-of-discretion review

of denial of Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motion); Arnold v. Wood, 238 F.3d 992, 998 (8th

Cir. 2001) (abuse-of-discretion review of denial of Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion).

The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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The Honorable Joan N. Ericksen, United States District Judge for the District 1

of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Jeffrey J.

Keyes, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.

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