Tuan Quoc Nguyen v. St. Louis Cty. Jail

United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 02-1183
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Tuan Quoc Nguyen, *
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Appellant, *
* Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the
* Eastern District of Missouri.
St. Louis County Jail; Medical *
Department; Unknown Dentists, All * [UNPUBLISHED]
Involved; Medical Staff; Unknown *
Officers, Unnamed; BOP Medical *
Contract Staff, Unnamed, *
*
Appellees. *
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Submitted: March 22, 2002
Filed: March 27, 2002
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Before McMILLIAN, BOWMAN, and BYE, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

Tuan Quoc Nguyen appeals the District Court’s1 pre-service dismissal, under
28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B), of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Having carefully
reviewed the record, we conclude dismissal was proper. Nguyen’s allegations

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The Honorable Jean C. Hamilton, Chief Judge, United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Missouri.
regarding medical mistreatment did not state a constitutional violation. See Dulany
v. Carnahan, 132 F.3d 1234, 1239 (8th Cir. 1997); Martin v. Sargent,780 F.2d 1334,
1337-39 (8th Cir. 1985). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47A(a).

A true copy.

Attest:

CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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