United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 99-2530 ___________ Ivonnia Davis, * * Appellant, * * v. * * Appeal from the United States State of Missouri; Missouri Division of * District Court for the Family Services; Missouri Family * Eastern District of Missouri.

Court/Juvenile Division; Missouri * Department of Education, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellees. * ___________ Submitted: September 30, 1999 Filed: October 20, 1999 ___________ Before BEAM, LOKEN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM.

Ivonnia Davis appeals from the district court’s1 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) dismissal of her 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985(3) complaint. Having carefully reviewed the record and Ms. Davis’s brief, we conclude the district court correctly dismissed the

The Honorable Donald J. Stohr, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. complaint because the State of Missouri and its agencies are not “persons” under sections 1983 and 1985(3). Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

A true copy.

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

-2-