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Parties Involved:
Kenneth Bell
Appellant
Cleophus Mack
Appellant
State of Missouri
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable E. Richard Webber, United States District Judge for the Eastern

District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 07-2089

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Kenneth Bell; Cleophus Mack, *

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Appellants, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Missouri.

State of Missouri, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellee. *

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Submitted: October 31, 2007

 Filed: November 5, 2007

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Before BYE, RILEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Missouri prisoners Kenneth Bell and Cleophus Mack appeal the district court’s1

28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) preservice dismissal of their complaint. Upon de novo review,

Cooper v. Schriro, 189 F.3d 781, 783 (8th Cir. 1999) (per curiam) (standard of

review), we conclude dismissal was proper because the five-year limitations period

had expired. See Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.120(4); Wallace v. Kato, 127 S. Ct. 1091, 1094

(2007) (holding § 1983 actions are characterized as personal-injury actions for

purposes of determining which state statute of limitations to apply). However, we

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modify the judgment to be with prejudice, see Botten v. Shorma, 440 F.3d 979, 980-

81 (8th Cir. 2006) (affirming dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint with prejudice on

statute of limitations grounds), and we affirm the judgment as modified. See 8th Cir.

R. 47B.

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