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Parties Involved:
Arkansas Department of Correction
Appellee
Charles Ashford
Appellant
Ray Hobbs
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable J. Leon Holmes, Chief Judge, United States District Court for

the Eastern District of Arkansas.

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The caption lists Hobbs as “Chief Director” of the ADC, apparently because

that is what Ashford called Hobbs in his complaint. In its brief on appeal, the ADC

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 09-2379

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Charles Ashford, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Arkansas.

Ray Hobbs, Chief Director, Arkansas *

Department of Correction; Arkansas * [UNPUBLISHED]

Department of Correction, *

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: February 2, 2010

Filed: February 3, 2010

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Before WOLLMAN, COLLOTON, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Arkansas inmate Charles Ashford appeals the district court’s1

 dismissal of his

42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) and

Ray Hobbs.2

 Upon de novo review, see Saunders v. Farmers Ins. Exch., 537 F.3d 961,

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refers to Hobbs as the “Deputy Director.” The discrepancy about Hobbs’s job title

makes no difference to our analysis, so we need not resolve it. 

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963 (8th Cir. 2008), we find no basis for reversal and accordingly affirm. See 8th Cir.

R. 47B.

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