Alicia Eaton, et al v. Minnesota AG's Office, et al, No. 11-1949 (8th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Civil case - civil rights. Dismissal affirmed without comment, but the dismissal of any state law claims is modified to be a dismissal without prejudice.
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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 11-1949 ___________ Alicia Shakia Eaton; E.F.D., a minor, by Alicia S. Eaton, his mother and legal guardian; S.K.J., a minor, by Alicia S. Eaton, her mother and legal guardian, * * * * * * Appellants, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * District of Minnesota. Minnesota Attorney General s Office; * Hennepin County Attorney s Office; * [UNPUBLISHED] Hennepin County Conciliation Court; * Nancy Adams, Clerk; Hennepin County * District Court; John Q. McShane, * Judge; Natividad Acevedo, * * Appellees. * ___________ Submitted: December 22, 2011 Filed: December 28, 2011 ___________ Before WOLLMAN, SMITH, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Alicia Eaton, on behalf of herself and her two minor children, appeals the district court s1 dismissal of their civil-rights complaint for failure to state a claim. After careful review, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying leave to amend the complaint, see Popoalii v. Corr. Med. Servs., 512 F.3d 488, 497 (8th Cir. 2008) (standard of review); and that dismissal was proper, see Federer v. Gephardt, 363 F.3d 754, 757 (8th Cir. 2004) (Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) dismissal is reviewed de novo). Accordingly, we affirm, see 8th Cir. R. 47B, except that we modify the dismissal of any state-law claims to be without prejudice, see Labickas v. Ark. State Univ., 78 F.3d 333, 334-35 (8th Cir. 1996) (per curiam). ______________________________ 1 The Honorable John R. Tunheim, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Franklin L. Noel, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota. -2-
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