United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________

No. 02-2548 ___________

Jason Randal French, * * Appellant, * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the Eastern v. * District of Arkansas. * State of Arkansas, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellee. * ___________

Submitted: November 29, 2002

Filed: December 6, 2002 ___________

Before McMILLIAN, FAGG, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges. ___________

PER CURIAM.

Jason Randal French appeals the district court's* dismissal of French's civil lawsuit. Having carefully reviewed the record, we conclude dismissal was proper: among other things, the State is immune under the Eleventh Amendment. Accordingly, we affirm. We also deny French's motion for oral argument. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

* The Honorable George Howard, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. A true copy.

Attest:

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

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