United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT __________ No. 96-2187 ___________ Everett Chester Conley, * * Appellant, * * v. * * Robert Perry, Major, North Central Unit, * Arkansas Department of Correction, * * Appellee. * Appeal from the United States ----------------------------- District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Everett Chester Conley, * * [UNPUBLISHED] Appellant, * * v. * * Robert Perry, Major, North Central Unit, * Arkansas Department of Correction, * * Appellee. * ____________ Submitted: July 23, 1997 Filed: July 29, 1997 ___________ Before McMILLIAN, BEAM, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Everett Chester Conley, an Arkansas inmate, appeals from the district court1 order granting defendant judgment as a matter of law in Conley’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions, which were consolidated below. After carefully reviewing the record and the parties’ briefs, we conclude the dismissal was proper. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. A true copy. Attest: CLERK, U. S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT. 1 The Honorable H. David Young, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c). -2-