Samar Akins v. Jon Bruning, No. 14-3550 (8th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Civil case - Civil rights. Preservice dismissal of Section 1983 action affirmed without comment. [ April 01, 2015
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 14-3550 ___________________________ Samar Akins, in certification for every African American man, woman, and child in the state of Nebraska lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. Jon Bruning, Attorney General; Dave Heineman, Governor; Chris Beutler, Mayor, Lincoln lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Nebraska - Lincoln ____________ Submitted: March 24, 2015 Filed: April 3, 2015 ____________ Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Samar Akins appeals the district court’s1 preservice dismissal, without prejudice, of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint seeking damages and equitable relief for 1 The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska. all African American individuals in Nebraska, based on alleged generalized equal protection violations. Upon careful de novo review, we conclude that the district court’s dismissal was proper. See Moore v. Sims, 200 F.3d 1170, 1171 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam) (de novo review of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) dismissal); see also Stone v. Harry, 364 F.3d 912, 914-15 (8th Cir. 2004) (court need not consider factual allegations that pro se plaintiff has first presented on appeal). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-
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