United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 14-1019 ___________________________

Keith J. Mitan

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

Donna Osborn; Community Publishers, Inc., doing business as Ozarks Newstand

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield ____________

Submitted: July 30, 2014 Filed: August 4, 2014 [Unpublished] ____________

Before BYE, SMITH, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM. Keith Mitan appeals the district court’s1 orders dismissing his defamation complaint with prejudice as a sanction for discovery abuses, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(b)(2)(A), and denying post-judgment relief. Upon careful review of the record before us and the parties’ submissions on appeal, we conclude that the district court did not clearly err in finding Mitan willfully violated the court’s clear and repeated discovery orders, and based on that finding, the court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing Mitan’s complaint with prejudice. We also conclude that the court did not abuse its discretion in denying post-judgment relief.

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

1 The Honorable Sarah W. Hays, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Missouri, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).

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