Court Opinion

ID: 4208958
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Date Created: 2017-10-04 15:01:16.443061+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:14:21.304078
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United States Court of Appeals
                          For the Eighth Circuit
                      ___________________________

                              No. 16-4197
                      ___________________________

                               Mark Allen Koch

                     lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

                                         v.

Michael Kozeal; Jan Oeltjen; Tim Liebert; Mickey Schneider; Ron Jepsen; Mike
        Criss; Gwenda Horky; J. D. Keefe; City of Sargent, Nebraska

                   lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees
                                    ____________

                  Appeal from United States District Court
                    for the District of Nebraska - Omaha
                               ____________

                       Submitted: September 20, 2017
                          Filed: October 4, 2017
                              [Unpublished]
                              ____________

Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.
                       ____________

PER CURIAM.
     Mark Koch appeals from the order of the District Court1 granting defendants’
motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.

       After de novo review, we conclude that the District Court properly dismissed
the complaint. See Skit Int’l, Ltd. v. DAC Techs. of Ark., Inc., 487 F.3d 1154, 1156
(8th Cir.) (standard of review), cert. denied, 552 U.S. 991 (2007). Koch’s filings
clearly indicate that he brought the instant suit seeking to overturn a previously
entered state-court judgment, and the District Court correctly concluded that it had
no jurisdiction. See Dodson v. Univ. of Ark. for Med. Scis., 601 F.3d 750, 754 (8th
Cir. 2010) (per curiam) (noting that federal courts generally have no subject matter
jurisdiction to consider appeals from state-court judgments), cert. denied, 562 U.S.
1135 (2011). We affirm the judgment and deny Koch’s motions to supplement the
record.
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      1
      The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, United States District Judge for the District
of Nebraska.

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