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Parties Involved:
Clyde E. Harper
Appellant
Judge Coffey
Appellee
Prosecutor Retelsdorf
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-2931

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Clyde E. Harper

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

Judge Coffey; Prosecutor Retelsdorf, of Douglas County

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the District of Nebraska - Lincoln

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 Submitted: March 7, 2016

 Filed: March 9, 2016

[Unpublished]

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Before BENTON, BOWMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Clyde E. Harper appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 1

complaint seeking postconviction access to DNA testing of certain evidence used at

his state criminal trial. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms. 

The Honorable John M. Gerrard, United States District Judge for the District 1

of Nebraska.

Appellate Case: 15-2931 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/09/2016 Entry ID: 4375567 
After carefully reviewing the record and Harper’s brief, this court finds no error

warranting reversal. See Dist. Attorney’s Office for Third Judicial Dist. v. Osborne,

557 U.S. 52, 69, 72-75 (2009) (discussing contours ofsubstantive and procedural due

process rights related to postconviction access to DNA testing). 

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

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