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Parties Involved:
Lisa Clover
Appellee
Thomas Edward Watson
Appellant

Document Text:

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The Honorable Nanette K. Laughrey, United States District Judge for the

Western District of Missouri, adopting the report and recommendations of the

Honorable William A. Knox, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District

of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-1124

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Thomas Edward Watson, *

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Appellant, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the Western

v. * District of Missouri.

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Lisa Clover, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellee. *

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Submitted: July 7, 2004

Filed: July 12, 2004

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Before BYE, McMILLIAN, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Thomas Watson appeals the district court’s1

 order dismissing, for failure to

state a claim, his civil action against his former state public defender. Having

carefully reviewed the record, we conclude that dismissal was proper for the reasons

the district court stated. See Polk County v. Dodson, 454 U.S. 312, 324-25 (1981)

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(public defenders performing traditional functions as counsel are not state actors);

Dace v. Mickelson, 816 F.2d 1277, 1280-81 (8th Cir. 1987) (no liberty interest in

conditional release unless interest is created by state statute); Johnson v. Missouri Bd.

of Prob. & Parole, 92 S.W.3d 107, 113-114 (Mo. App. 2002) (Missouri does not by

statute create liberty interest in conditional release).

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

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