Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2016-03-09 16:05:48.189679+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:39:00.188013
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United States Court of Appeals
                              For the Eighth Circuit
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                                  No. 15-2931
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                                    Clyde E. Harper

                         lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

                                             v.

              Judge Coffey; Prosecutor Retelsdorf, of Douglas County

                       lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees
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                      Appeal from United States District Court
                       for the District of Nebraska - Lincoln
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                              Submitted: March 7, 2016
                                Filed: March 9, 2016
                                   [Unpublished]
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Before BENTON, BOWMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Clyde E. Harper appeals the district court’s1 dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983
complaint seeking postconviction access to DNA testing of certain evidence used at
his state criminal trial. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.

      1
      The Honorable John M. Gerrard, United States District Judge for the District
of Nebraska.
      After carefully reviewing the record and Harper’s brief, this court finds no error
warranting reversal. See Dist. Attorney’s Office for Third Judicial Dist. v. Osborne,
557 U.S. 52, 69, 72-75 (2009) (discussing contours of substantive and procedural due
process rights related to postconviction access to DNA testing).

      The dismissal is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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