CARNEY v. HOUSTON

No. 93-2380.

33 F.3d 893 (1994)

Russell E. CARNEY, Appellant, v. Robert HOUSTON; Harold Clark; Linda Lenard; Wilber Newell; Department of Corrections, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell E. Carney, pro se.

Before McMILLIAN, HANSEN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Russell E. Carney, a Nebraska inmate, appeals from the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). We affirm.

Carney brought this action against several prison officials, alleging that they improperly used a failure-to-appear charge to withhold four points from his classification score. Carney asserted that he had failed to appear at a Nebraska court hearing in July 1991 because...

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