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Parties Involved:
City of Sikeston
Appellee
Michael F. Jackson
Appellant

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The Honorable Rodney W. Sippel, United States District Judge for the Eastern

District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-2025

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Michael F. Jackson, *

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Appellant, *

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v. * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

City of Sikeston Police Department, * Eastern District of Missouri.

* [Unpublished]

Appellee. *

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Submitted: November 26, 2004

Filed: November 30, 2004

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Before MURPHY, FAGG, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Michael F. Jackson appeals the district court’s1

 dismissal of his 42 U.S.C.

§ 1983 action, the denial of his motion to amend to add other defendants, and the

denial of his motion for reconsideration. Having carefully reviewed the record, we

agree with the district court that the instant complaint is time-barred, and we also find

that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying leave to amend because

the claims against the additional defendants would have been time-barred as well.

See Searcy v. Donelson, 204 F.3d 797, 799 (8th Cir.) (statute of limitations for § 1983

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action is same as for personal-injury action in state where action accrued), cert.

denied, 531 U.S. 898 (2000); Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.120(4) (2000) (statute of

limitations for personal injury action is 5 years). We also conclude that the district

court did not abuse its discretion in denying Jackson’s motion for reconsideration.

Accordingly, we affirm, and we also deny Jackson’s pending motion for judgment

and costs. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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