___________ No. 94-2015 ___________ Frankie Levi Cole, * * Appellant, * * v. * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the Richard Leech; Ted * District of Nebraska.

Geilenkirchen; Diane Sabatka; * Matthew Gelvin; Karen Shortridge,* [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellees. *

___________ Submitted: April 16, 1996 Filed: April 29, 1996 ___________ Before BEAM, LOKEN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM.

Frankie Levi Cole appeals the district court's1 grant of summary judgment to certain defendants, and the district court's2 judgment in favor of the remaining defendants, following a bench trial, in Cole's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties' briefs, we affirm for the reasons stated in the district courts' orders.

We decline to address Cole's arguments raised for the first time on appeal.

See United States v. Dixon, 51 F.3d 1376, 1383 (8th Cir. 1995).

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska.

The Honorable Thomas M. Shanahan, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska.

A true copy.

Attest:

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

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