Eaton v. Minnesota Attorney General's Office

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Eaton v. Minnesota Attorney General's Office, 445 F. App'x 901 (8th Cir. 2011)

Eaton v. Minnesota Attorney General's Office

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Alicia Eaton, on behalf of herself and her two minor children, appeals the district court’s 1 dismissal of their civil-rights complaint for failure to state a claim. After careful review, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying leave to amend the complaint, see Popoalii v. Corr. Med. Servs., 512 F.3d 488, 497 (8th Cir. 2008) (standard of review); and that dismissal was proper, see Federer v. Gephardt, 363 F.3d 754, 757 (8th Cir. 2004) (Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) dismissal is reviewed de novo). Accordingly, we affirm, see 8th Cir. R. 47B, except that we modify the dismissal of any state-law claims to be without prejudice, see Labickas v. Ark. State Univ., 78 F.3d 333, 334-35 (8th Cir. 1996) (per curiam).

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. The Honorable John R. Tunheim, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Franklin L. Noel, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.

Reference

Full Case Name
Alicia Shakia EATON; E.F.D., a Minor, by Alicia S. Eaton, His Mother and Legal Guardian; S.K.J., a Minor, by Alicia S. Eaton, Her Mother and Legal Guardian, Appellants, v. MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE; Hennepin County Attorney’s Office; Hennepin County Conciliation Court; Nancy Adams, Clerk; Hennepin County District Court; John Q. McShane, Judge; Natividad Acevedo, Appellees
Status
Unpublished