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Parties Involved:
Timothy Lee Newton
Appellant
Jeremiah Nixon
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Ortrie D. Smith, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-2562

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Timothy Lee Newton, *

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Appellant, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the Western

v. * District of Missouri.

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Jeremiah Nixon, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellee, *

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Submitted: September 30, 2004

Filed: October 12, 2004

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Before MURPHY, FAGG, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Timothy Lee Newton brought an action for damages, claiming the Missouri

Attorney General had engaged in fraud when he opposed Newton’s earlier federal

habeas corpus petition. The district court*

 viewed this action as an attempt to revive

the habeas case, and dismissed the complaint. After careful review, we conclude

dismissal was proper under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(I). Newton’s action was

legally frivolous because it depended on the habeas court’s having wrongly

determined his petition was time-barred. See Kelly v. Armstrong, 141 F.3d 799, 801

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(8th Cir. 1998) (issue preclusion). Accordingly, we affirm. We deny Newton’s

pending motions.

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