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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 

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The Honorable Scott O. Wright, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-2720

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Leonard Bieri, III, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Western District of Missouri.

United States of America, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Appellee. *

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Submitted: February 14, 2005

Filed: February 18, 2005

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Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Leonard Bieri appeals the district court’s1

 denial of Bieri’s motion to reconsider

the dismissal of his quiet-title action. The district court dismissed Bieri’s complaint

because Bieri’s property rights in the subject property were extinguished by a final

order of forfeiture which Bieri had previously challenged. Having carefully reviewed

the record, we conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying

reconsideration because this matter is foreclosed by the doctrine of res judicata. See

Innovative Home Health Care, Inc. v. P.T.-O.T. Assocs. of the Black Hills, 141 F.3d

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1284, 1286 (8th Cir. 1998) (standard of review); Klipsch, Inc. v. WWR Tech., Inc.,

127 F.3d 729, 733 (8th Cir. 1997) (res judicata precludes relitigation of claim on

grounds that were raised or might have been raised in prior action).

Accordingly, we affirm.

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