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WRIGHT v. SARGENT

No. 87-2718.

869 F.2d 1175 (1989)

Edward WRIGHT, Appellant, v. Willis SARGENT, Warden, Captain R. Perry; Employees Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, Dr. C. Bell, Employee, HMA William Ruhge, Jay Stingley, R. Woods, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 17, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Wright, pro se.

Alan Humphries, Pine Bluff, Ark., and Jack Gillean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, BOWMAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Edward Wright appeals the magistrate's1 dismissal with prejudice of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint and assessment of jury costs, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b),2 due to Wright's failure to appear for a jury trial. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1986, while in an Arkansas state prison, Wright filed a section 1983 complaint alleging violations of his eighth, fifth, and fourteenth...

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