Jon Reed Tollefson v. Debbie Kleven, No. 14-2539 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Civil case - Civil rights. Dismissal affirmed without comment. [ December 05, 2014
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 14-2539 ___________________________ Jon Reed Tollefson lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. Debbie Kleven, individually and in her official capacity as a North Dakota State District Judge and employee; Does 1-20, inclusive lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees DeAnn Marie Pladson; Ralph Erickson, Judge; Mary Maring, Surrogate Justice lllllllllllllllllllllMovants ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the District of North Dakota - Fargo ____________ Submitted: December 3, 2014 Filed: December 8, 2014 [Unpublished] ____________ Before GRUENDER, BENTON, KELLY, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Jon Tollefson appeals the district court’s1 dismissal of his civil rights complaint. Upon careful review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, see Olympus Ins. Co. v. AON Benfield, Inc., 711 F.3d 894, 897 (8th Cir. 2013) (de novo review of dismissal for failure to state claim), we conclude that the dismissal was proper. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We also deny Tollefson’s pending motion. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable Jeffrey L. Viken, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of South Dakota, sitting by designation in the District of North Dakota. -2-
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