Court Opinion

ID: 4996970
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Date Created: 2021-09-30 15:03:24.958449+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:16:57.542434
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United States Court of Appeals
                             For the Eighth Circuit
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                                 No. 19-3444
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                                    Clay Chastain,

                        lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant,

                                            v.

                       JCK Legacy GUC Recovery Trustee,

                       lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee.
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                     Appeal from United States District Court
                for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
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                          Submitted: September 24, 2021
                            Filed: September 30, 2021
                                  [Unpublished]
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Before COLLOTON, GRUENDER, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      In this diversity case, Clay Chastain appeals an order of the district court1
dismissing his defamation action. After careful review of the record and the parties’

      1
      The Honorable David Gregory Kays, United States District Judge for the
Western District of Missouri.
arguments on appeal, we conclude that the dismissal was proper for the reasons
explained by the district court. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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