United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 01-2904 ___________ George Daniel Lamb, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * Eastern District of Missouri.

Tower Village Nursing Home, Inc.; * Bethesda General Hospital; * [UNPUBLISHED] Metropolitan Sewer District, * * Appellees. * ___________ Submitted: September 5, 2001 Filed: September 20, 2001 ___________ Before BOWMAN, LOKEN, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM.

George Lamb appeals the district court’s1 pre-service dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. We affirm for the reasons stated in the district court’s order. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

The HONORABLE DONALD J. STOHR, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.

A true copy.

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

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