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Parties Involved:
Franklin Hiestand
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-2666

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Franklin Hiestand, *

*

Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the Eastern

* District of Missouri.

United States of America, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellee. *

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Submitted: November 30, 2004

Filed: December 9, 2004

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Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, MURPHY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM. 

Missouri inmate Franklin Hiestand appeals the dismissal without prejudice of

his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for nonpayment of the filing fee, after the district court

determined he was ineligible under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) to bring his action in forma

pauperis (IFP). Hiestand also moves for leave to proceed IFP on appeal. Because we

find he had not yet accumulated “three strikes” when the district court ruled, we grant

Hiestand leave to appeal IFP, assess the filing fee according to the provisions of the

Prison Litigation Reform Act, and leave the collection details to the district court. 

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We also find that Hiestand’s section 1983 action was subject to dismissal, but

on the ground that the complaint was frivolous. See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S.

319, 325 (1989) (defining frivolous); Saulsberry v. St. Mary’s Univ. of Minn., 318

F.3d 862, 866 (8th Cir. 2003) (appellate court may affirm district court’s order on any

basis supported by record). Counting this dismissal, Hiestand now has three strikes

and will be barred from proceeding IFP in future actions or appeals, unless he meets

the imminent-danger exception noted in section 1915(g). 

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

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