Case Name: Marcus FIELDS, Appellant, v. Janice GRAY, Librarian, East Arkansas Regional Unit, ADC; Sgt. Ivey, East Arkansas Regional Unit, ADC; Does, Infirmary Medical Staff, East Arkansas Regional Unit, ADC; Payne, Warden, East Arkansas Regional Unit, ADC, Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-08-02
Citations: 476 F. App'x 96
Docket Number: No. 12-1071
Parties: Marcus FIELDS, Appellant, v. Janice GRAY, Librarian, East Arkansas Regional Unit, ADC; Sgt. Ivey, East Arkansas Regional Unit, ADC; Does, Infirmary Medical Staff, East Arkansas Regional Unit, ADC; Payne, Warden, East Arkansas Regional Unit, ADC, Appellees.
Judges: Before MURPHY, ARNOLD, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 476
Pages: 96–97

Head Matter:
Marcus FIELDS, Appellant, v. Janice GRAY, Librarian, East Arkansas Regional Unit, ADC; Sgt. Ivey, East Arkansas Regional Unit, ADC; Does, Infirmary Medical Staff, East Arkansas Regional Unit, ADC; Payne, Warden, East Arkansas Regional Unit, ADC, Appellees.
No. 12-1071.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Aug. 1, 2012.
Filed: Aug. 2, 2012.
Marcus Fields, Brickeys, AR, pro se.
Before MURPHY, ARNOLD, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Arkansas inmate Marcus Fields appeals the district court's preservice dismissal without prejudice, for failure to prosecute. Having carefully reviewed the record and Fields's arguments on appeal, we have found no basis for reversal. See Miller v. Benson, 51 F.3d 166, 168 (8th Cir.1995) (district courts have inherent power to dismiss case for failure to prosecute; such dismissals are reviewed for abuse of discretion); Schooley v. Kennedy, 712 F.2d 372, 374 (8th Cir.1983) (per curiam) (fact that district court used lesser sanction of dismissal without prejudice mitigated against finding that court abused its discretion). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable J. Leon Holmes, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.