MUHANNAD v. PETERSON (2018)

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Wa'il MUHANNAD Plaintiff-Appellant v. Doug PETERSON, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Nebraska Defendant-Appellee

No. 17-1785

Decided: April 13, 2018

Before BENTON, MURPHY, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.

Travis Penn, Penn Law Firm, Omaha, NE, for Plaintiff-Appellant Stephanie Anne Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General, Ryan Post, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Lincoln, NE, for Defendant-Appellee

[Unpublished]

Wa'il Muhannad appeals the district court ¹ order granting defendant's motion to dismiss his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint asserting violations of his constitutional rights.² Upon careful de novo review, we find no basis for reversal. See Hughes v. City of Cedar Rapids, 840 F.3d 987, 991, 994 (8th Cir. 2016) (de novo review of determination of party's standing, and of dismissal for failure to state claim). Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

FOOTNOTES

1. The Honorable John M. Gerrard, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska.

2. Muhannad also raised a claim under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, but his brief does not address this claim. See Chay-Velasquez v. Ashcroft, 367 F.3d 751, 756 (8th Cir. 2004) (claim is waived if not meaningfully argued in opening brief).

PER CURIAM.

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