Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2021-11-30 17:00:40.148509+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                         For the Eighth Circuit
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                             No. 20-3735
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                               Duane J. Gonder

                     lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

                                        v.

Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction (originally named as
                              Wendy Kelley)

                    lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee
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                             No. 21-1056
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                                Duane J. Gonder

                     lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

                                        v.

Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction (originally named as
                              Wendy Kelley)

                    lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee
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                 Appeals from United States District Court
              for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff
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                          Submitted: November 23, 2021
                            Filed: November 30, 2021
                                  [Unpublished]
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Before GRUENDER, SHEPHERD, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       In these consolidated matters, Duane Gonder appeals after the district court1
denied his post-judgment motions in his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 proceeding and granted a
certificate of appealability.

       After careful review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we
conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion when it denied Gonder’s
post-judgment motions based on a lack of prejudice. See Raymond v. United States,
933 F.3d 988, 991 (8th Cir. 2019) (reviewing the denial of a motion under Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) for an abuse of discretion; observing that a good claim
or defense is a precondition to relief).

       Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We also deny Gonder’s pending
pro se motion to “preserve the effectiveness of the judgment.”
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      1
        The Honorable D.P. Marshall, Jr., Chief Judge, United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

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