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Parties Involved:
Paul M. Gordon
Appellant
Leca Ledbetter
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-3047

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Paul M. Gordon

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

Leca Ledbetter, Court Reporter

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Western District of Arkansas - Hot Springs

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 Submitted: April 19, 2016

Filed: April 26, 2016 

[Unpublished]

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Before LOKEN, BYE, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Appellate Case: 15-3047 Page: 1 Date Filed: 04/26/2016 Entry ID: 4391968 
Arkansas inmate Paul Gordon appeals the district court’s1

 adverse grant of

summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, in which he claimed that court

reporter Leca Ledbetter had altered transcripts of the hearings in several of Gordon’s

state court proceedings. Upon careful de novo review, see Jones v. Frost, 770 F.3d

1183, 1185 (8th Cir. 2014), cert. denied, 135 S. Ct. 2315 (2015), we conclude that

summary judgment was proper because, as explained by the district court, the record

contains no explanation as to how the alleged alterations affected the outcome of any

of the proceedings at issue, see Tedford v. Hepting, 990 F.2d 745, 747 (3d Cir. 1993);

Colyer v. Ryles, 827 F.2d 315, 316 (8th Cir. 1987) (per curiam). Accordingly, we

affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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The Honorable Robert T. Dawson, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable

Barry A. Bryant, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.

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Appellate Case: 15-3047 Page: 2 Date Filed: 04/26/2016 Entry ID: 4391968