Case Name: James Ray THOMPSON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant v. Sheriff Ron STOVALL; Sgt. Alice Miller, also known as Ms. Miller, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-04-17
Citations: 562 F. App'x 538
Docket Number: No. 13-1586
Parties: James Ray THOMPSON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant v. Sheriff Ron STOVALL; Sgt. Alice Miller, also known as Ms. Miller, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before BYE, GRUENDER, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 562
Pages: 538–538

Head Matter:
James Ray THOMPSON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant v. Sheriff Ron STOVALL; Sgt. Alice Miller, also known as Ms. Miller, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 13-1586.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: April 11, 2014.
Filed: April 17, 2014.
James Ray Thompson, Jr., Grady, AR, pro se.
Clyde Burt Newell, Nicholas Rudolph Windle, Law Offices of C. Burt Newell, Hot Springs, AR, for Defendants-Appel-lees.
Before BYE, GRUENDER, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
James Ray Thompson, Jr. appeals the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1988 action following an evidentiary hearing. For reversal, he argues that the court erred by dismissing his suit as a sanction for failing to file objections to the magistrate judge's report, and he contends that he did not receive the report in time to file objections. Thompson misunderstands the basis for the dismissal of this case. The district court dismissed the case on the merits after adopting the findings and analysis in the magistrate judge's report — not to punish Thompson for failing to file objections. Further, Thompson does not demonstrate, and we cannot discern, that he suffered prejudice by not filing timely objections. The judgment of the district court is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey, United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Barry A. Bryant, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.