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No. 95-2792 ___________

Billy Grisso, * * Appellant, * * v. * * United States of America, * et al., * * Appellees. *

___________ Appeals from the United States No. 95-2807 District Court for the ___________ Eastern District of Missouri. [UNPUBLISHED] Melvin Leroy Tyler, et al., * * Appellants, * * v. * * United States of America, * et al.,* * * Appellees. *

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Submitted: January 5, 1996

Filed: January 18, 1996 ___________

Before WOLLMAN, MAGILL, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges. ___________

PER CURIAM.

*Official captions containing a complete list of parties is on file and available for inspection in the Office of the Clerk of the Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In these consolidated appeals, inmates at the Farmington Correctional Center appeal from the district court's1 order dismissing their complaint against federal and state officials, claiming the withdrawal of financial assistance for higher education subjected them to cruel and unusual punishment, invidiously discriminated against a subclass of minority inmates, and denied them due process and equal protection. Having carefully reviewed the record, we conclude that no error of law appears and that the district court correctly denied relief.

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47A(a).

A true copy.

Attest:

CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

1 The Honorable Charles A. Shaw, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.