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26 F.3d 127

Docket No. 93-3813.

Skurdal v. Barr

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Submitted: May 11, 1994. Filed: May 17, 1994.

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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915

Relies on Neitzke v. Williams · Denton v. Hernandez · Lonnie D. Snelling v. State of Missouri

Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1994-05-17

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Before McMILLIAN, MAGILL, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

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Gustav W. Skurdal, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court's1 dismissal of his complaint with prejudice as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1915(d). Having carefully reviewed Skurdal's complaint claiming that defendant federal officials lacked authority to incarcerate him because of his Montana state citizenship, we are convinced that the dismissal was not an abuse of discretion, see Denton v. Hernandez, 112 S. Ct. 1728, 1734 (1992), as the complaint lacked any discernible arguable basis in law or fact. See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989). Accordingly, we affirm the district court's judgment. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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The Honorable Richard H. Kyle, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Raymond L. Erickson, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota

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