United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________

No. 98-3024 ___________

Bobbie Smith, * * Appellant, * * v. * * Appeal from the United States City of West Memphis, Arkansas; West * District Court for the Memphis Police Department, and its * Eastern District of Arkansas agents, employees, and assigns, et al., * * [UNPUBLISHED] Appellees. * ___________

Submitted: December 21, 1998 Filed: January 7, 1999 ___________

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

PER CURIAM.

Bobbie Smith appeals from the final judgment entered in the District Court1 for the Eastern District of Arkansas dismissing with prejudice Smith’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the City of West Memphis and the City’s police department. Upon a thorough review of the record and the parties’ briefs, we conclude that dismissal was

1 The Honorable Stephen M. Reasoner, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. warranted for the reasons the district court stated. Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

A true copy.

Attest:

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

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