United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 22-1022 ___________________________

Steven Blakeney

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

City of Pine Lawn, Missouri; Sylvester Caldwell; Brian Krueger; Donnell Smith; Willie Epps; Clarence Harmon; LaShawn Colquitt; Anthony Gray; Paul Rinck; John Struckhoff; Missouri Public Entity Risk Management Fund; Donnell Smith and Associates, LLC, doing business as Smith & Associates, LLC

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis ____________

Submitted: November 7, 2022 Filed: November 10, 2022 [Unpublished] ____________

Before LOKEN, MELLOY, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM. Steven Blakeney sued the City of Pine Lawn, several city officials, and the city’s insurance carrier. He appeals the district court’s 1 judgment against him. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B; see also Liteky v. United States, 510 U.S. 540, 555 (1994) (explaining that adverse rulings do not mandate recusal unless the judge demonstrates “such a high degree of . . . antagonism as to make fair judgment impossible”); In re Pre-Filled Propane Tank Antitrust Litig., 860 F.3d 1059, 1063 (8th Cir. 2017) (en banc) (reviewing a dismissal for failure to state a claim de novo). ______________________________

1 The Honorable Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. -2-