United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 97-4138 ___________ Freddy Baker, * * Appellant, * * v. * * Arkansas Court of Appeals; John E. * Jennings, Chief Judge, Arkansas Court * of Appeals; Melvin Mayfield, Judge, * Arkansas Court of Appeals; James R. * Cooper, Judge, Arkansas Court of * Appeal from the United States Appeals; Judith Rogers, Judge, * District Court for the Arkansas Court of Appeals; John Mauzy * Eastern District of Arkansas.

Pittman, Judge, Arkansas Court of * Appeals; John B. Robbins, Judge, * [UNPUBLISHED] Arkansas Court of Appeals; John * Stroud, Jr., Judge, Arkansas Court of * Appeals; Olly Neal, Judge, Arkansas * Court of Appeals; Wendell L. Griffen, * Judge, Arkansas Court of Appeals; * Winston Bryant, Arkansas Attorney * General; Todd L. Newton, Assistant * Attorney General, * * Appellees. * ___________ Submitted: April 7, 1998 Filed: April 24, 1998 ___________ Before McMILLIAN, LOKEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM.

Freddy Baker, an Arkansas prisoner, appeals the district court&s1 dismissal, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Baker sought a declaration that judges on the Arkansas Court of Appeals had violated his constitutional rights by refusing to consider certain claims he had raised on direct appeal to that court; he also sought to enjoin the Arkansas Attorney General from raising procedural bar in future proceedings. We have carefully reviewed the record and conclude that the district court did not err in dismissing the claims. The judgment is therefore affirmed.

A true copy.

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

The Honorable Henry Woods, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

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