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Parties Involved:
Matt Blunt
Appellee
Robin Carnahan
Appellee
Martin Lindstedt
Appellant

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-3173

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Martin Lindstedt, Republican *

Candidate for Governor of Missouri, *

also known as Mad Dog, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Western District of Missouri.

Matt Blunt, Secretary of State and *

Chief Election Official of Missouri, * [UNPUBLISHED]

also known as Runt, and Rival *

Republican Candidate for Governor *

of Missouri; Robin Carnahan, *

Secretary of State, *

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: June 13, 2006

Filed: June 16, 2006

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Before ARNOLD, BYE, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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The Honorable Richard E. Dorr, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Missouri. 

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PER CURIAM.

The district court1

 dismissed Martin Lindstedt’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action after

concluding that Mr. Lindstedt had filed it for the improper purpose of harassment.

See Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b). The court then denied Mr. Lindstedt’s Federal Rule of

Civil Procedure 59(e) motion for reconsideration. Mr. Lindstedt appeals. We find

no abuse of discretion in either the dismissal of Mr. Lindstedt’s complaint, or the

denial of his Rule 59(e) motion. See Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp., 496 U.S. 384,

405 (1990) (reviewing Rule 11 determinations for abuse of discretion); Innovative

Home Health Care, Inc. v. P.T.-O.T. Assocs., 141 F.3d 1284, 1286 (8th Cir. 1998)

(reviewing denial of Rule 59(e) motions for abuse of discretion). Accordingly, we

affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47A(a).

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