United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 19-1866
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Timothy Watkins
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant
v.
Arkansas, State of; Keith Rhodes, Individually
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants
Brad Perkins, Individually
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee
Hazen District Court; Billy's Trucking; David Smith, Individually
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
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Submitted: October 30, 2019
Filed: November 4, 2019
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, WOLLMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Timothy Watkins appeals following the district court’s1 judgment on an
adverse jury verdict in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Watkins’s challenges to prior
decisions of this court are precluded under the law-of-the-case doctrine. See
Thompson v. Comm’r of Internal Revenue, 821 F.3d 1008, 1011 (8th Cir. 2016)
(reiterating the principle that “when a court decides upon a rule of law, that decision
should continue to govern the same issues in subsequent stages of the same case.”).
Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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The Honorable Susan Webber Wright, United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Arkansas.
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