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Parties Involved:
Jimmy Lee Brown
Appellant
Officer William Smith
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Jimm Larry Hendron, Chief Judge, United States District Court

for the Western District of Arkansas.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 09-1400

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Jimmy Lee Brown, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the 

* Western District of Arkansas.

Officer William Smith, Texarkana, *

Arkansas, Police Department, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Appellee. *

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Submitted: March 16, 2010

Filed: March 29, 2010

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Before WOLLMAN, COLLOTON, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Jimmy Lee Brown appeals from the district court’s1

 orders granting partial

summary judgment and dismissing his suit following a bench trial in his pro se 42

U.S.C. § 1983 action.

Having carefully reviewed the record and the district court’s findings, see

Eckert v. Titan Tire Corp., 514 F.3d 801, 804 (8th Cir. 2008) (review of district

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court’s fact findings made after bench trial is for clear error, and review of its legal

conclusions and mixed questions of law and fact is de novo); Amrine v. Brooks, 522

F.3d 823, 830 (8th Cir. 2008) (grant of summary judgment is reviewed de novo), we

affirm the district court for the reasons explained in its well-reasoned orders.

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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