Case Name: Kenneth BELL; Cleophus Mack, Appellants, v. State of MISSOURI, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-11-05
Citations: 253 F. App'x 606
Docket Number: No. 07-2089
Parties: Kenneth BELL; Cleophus Mack, Appellants, v. State of MISSOURI, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 253
Pages: 606–606

Head Matter:
Kenneth BELL; Cleophus Mack, Appellants, v. State of MISSOURI, Appellee.
No. 07-2089.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Oct. 31, 2007.
Filed: Nov. 5, 2007.
Kenneth Bell, Charleston, MO, pro se.
Cleophus Mack, Charleston, MO, pro se.
Before BYE, RILEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
[UNPUBLISHED]
PER CURIAM.
Missouri prisoners Kenneth Bell and Cleophus Mack appeal the district court's 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) preservice dismissal of them 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, —U.S.-, 127 S.Ct. 1091, 1094, 166 L.Ed.2d 973 (2007) (holding § 1983 actions are characterized as personal-injury actions for purposes of determining which state statute of limitations to apply). However, we modify the judgment to be with prejudice, see Botten v. Shorma, 440 F.3d 979, 980-81 (8th Cir.2006) (affirming dismissal of plaintiffs complaint with prejudice on statute of limitations grounds), and we affirm the judgment as modified. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable E. Richard Webber, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.