United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 12-1040 ___________________________

Gregory Givens

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

State of Iowa; City of Cedar Rapids Police Department; Michael Dierks, Police Officer

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids ____________

Submitted: August 10, 2012 Filed: August 17, 2012 [Unpublished] ____________

Before MURPHY, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Iowa inmate Gregory Givens appeals the district court’s1 preservice dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. After careful de novo review, see Moore v. Sims,

1 The Honorable Edward J. McManus, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa. 200 F.3d 1170, 1171 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam), we affirm the district court’s judgment, and deny Givens’s motion for appointment of counsel. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

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