United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________

No. 98-2240 ___________

LaVerne G. Rens, parent and next * friend of L.R., a minor, * * Appellant, * * v. * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the Arkansas Department of Education; * Eastern District of Arkansas Little Rock School District, * * [UNPUBLISHED] Appellees. * ___________

Submitted: November 17, 1998 Filed: January 7, 1999 ___________

Before McMILLIAN, RICHARD S. ARNOLD, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges. ___________

PER CURIAM.

LaVerne G. Rens appeals from the final judgment entered in the District Court1 for the Eastern District of Arkansas dismissing his claims against the Arkansas Department of Education and the Little Rock School District in this action brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1491

1 The Honorable Elsijane T. Roy, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. (1990 & Supp. 1997). Upon a thorough review of the record and the parties’ briefs, we conclude that dismissal was warranted, because Rens’s complaint alleges no more than a harmless procedural violation of the IDEA. Because we believe that an opinion would lack precedential value, we summarily affirm the judgment. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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

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