United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 99-2336 ___________ Nakia Davis, * * Appellant, * * v. * * Bradberry, Assistant Warden; M. D. * Appeal from the United States Reed, Warden, Arkansas Department of * District Court for the Eastern Correction; David Guntharp, Assistant * District of Arkansas.

Director, Arkansas Department of * Correction; Larry Norris, Director, * [UNPUBLISHED] Arkansas Department of Correction; * Turks, CO-I, Cummins Unit, Arkansas * Department of Correction, * * Appellees. * ___________ Submitted: April 7, 2000 Filed: April 21, 2000 ___________ Before LOKEN, FAGG, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM.

Nakia Davis, an Arkansas inmate, appeals the district court's dismissal of Davis's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action following an evidentiary hearing before a magistrate judge.

Having carefully reviewed the record and the briefs, we conclude the district court correctly dismissed Davis's complaint. We thus affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

A true copy.

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

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