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Wilmas v. Blunt

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Wilmas v. Blunt, 327 F. App'x 668 (8th Cir. 2009)

Wilmas v. Blunt

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Missouri inmates Ricky Rollins, Alex Mason, Cornelius Williams, and Henry French (plaintiffs) challenge the district court’s1 preservice dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, while inmates Alvin Dudley, Samuel Smith, Lonnie Wolford, and Nathan Roper challenge the court’s denial of their motions to intervene.

After de novo review, see Cooper v. Schriro, 189 F.3d 781, 783 (8th Cir. 1999) (per curiam), we conclude that the federal constitutional challenges raised in plaintiffs’ complaint fail. We affirm the preservice dismissal of the complaint, but we modify it to be without prejudice as to the state-law claims, see Labickas v. Ark. State Univ., 78 F.3d 333, 334-35 (8th Cir. 1996) (per curiam) (following dismissal of federal claims, district court may dismiss state-law claims without prejudice). We also conclude that the district court did not clearly *669abuse its discretion in denying the intervention motions filed under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(b). See South Dakota ex rel. Barnett v. U.S. Dep’t of Interior, 317 F.3d 783, 787 (8th Cir. 2003) (standard of review).

Accordingly, the decision of the district court is affirmed as modified. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

. The Honorable Jean C. Hamilton, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Reference

Full Case Name
Ralph T. WILMAS, Jr., Ricky Rollins Alex A. Mason Cornelius Williams, Jr. Henry French, John Doe, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Alvin Dudley Samuel Smith Lonnie Wolford v. Matt BLUNT, Governor of Missouri, Official and Individual Capacity Steve Long, Missouri Parole Board Chairman, Official an Individual Capacity Wayne Crump, Parole Board Member, Official and Individual Capacity Ansel Card, Parole Board Member, Official and Individual Capacity Penny Hubbard, Parole Board Member, Official and Individual Capacity Robert Robinson, Parole Board Member, Official and Individual Capacity Reid Forrester, Parole Board Member, Official and Individual Capacity All and Present and Future Parole Board Chairmans and Parole Board Members Unknown Avery, Institutional Parole Officer, NECC, Official and Individual Capacity Unknown Helkey, Institutional Parole Officer, NECC, Official and Individual Capacity Unknown Weatherford, Institutional Parole Officer, NECC, Official and Individual Capacity Unknown Woods, Institutional Parole Officer, NECC, Official and Individual Capacity All Present Statewide Institutional Parole Officers and All Statewide Future Parole Officers, Official and Individual Capacity, Nathan Roper
Status
Published
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