LEWIS v. MINNESOTA (2019)

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Charlie LEWIS Plaintiff-Appellant v. State of MINNESOTA; Hennepin County; District Attorney Office Defendants-Appellees

No. 19-1689

Decided: December 17, 2019

Before GRASZ, WOLLMAN, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.

Charlie Lewis, Pro Se Jason Marisam, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Saint Paul, MN, for Defendant-Appellee State of Minnesota Christiana Mariko Martenson, Hennepin County Attorney's Office, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant-Appellee Hennepin County

[Unpublished]

Minnesota inmate Charlie Lewis appeals the district court’s ¹ dismissal of his pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for deprivation of rights. Lewis claimed he was wrongfully convicted of sex offenses in state court. For reversal, Lewis argues that he is entitled to relief under Minnesota’s Incarceration and Exoneration Remedies Act, Minn. Stat. §§ 590.11, 611.362-.368. This argument fails, because to state a claim under § 1983, a plaintiff must allege a violation of a right secured by the Constitution or a federal law. See West v. Atkins, 487 U.S. 42, 48, 108 S.Ct. 2250, 101 L.Ed.2d 40 (1988). We therefore affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

FOOTNOTES

1. The Honorable Donovan W. Frank, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendation of the Honorable Becky R. Thorson, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.

PER CURIAM.

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