Federal inmate Hakeem A. Malik appeals the preservice dismissal of his civil rights action. Having carefully reviewed the record, see Cooper v. Schriro, 189 F.3d 781, 783 (8th Cir. 1999) (per curiam) (applying de novo review), we conclude the District Court 1 properly dismissed the complaint because Malik’s court-appointed defense counsel was not a government actor, see Polk County v. Dodson, 454 U.S. 312, 325, 102 S.Ct. 445, 70 L.Ed.2d 509 (1981); Christian v. Crawford, 907 F.2d 808, 810 (8th Cir. 1990) (per curiam). We decline to consider Malik’s conclusory allegations of conspiracy, which he did not mention below. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.