SAYEN v. SCHURRER (2020)

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Michael S. SAYEN Plaintiff - Appellant v. Gary R. SCHURRER, in his individual capacity; John C. Hoffman, in his individual capacity; Thaddeus V. Jude Defendants - Appellees

No. 19-2360

Decided: January 30, 2020

Before GRUENDER, BEAM, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.

Michael S. Sayen, Pro Se Kathryn Iverson Landrum, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Saint Paul, MN, for Defendants-Appellees

[Unpublished]

Michael Sayen appeals the district court’s ¹ dismissal of his pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. After careful review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that dismissal was proper. See Mireles v. Waco, 502 U.S. 9, 11-12, 112 S.Ct. 286, 116 L.Ed.2d 9 (1991) (per curiam) (discussing judicial immunity); see also Lance v. Dennis, 546 U.S. 459, 463, 126 S.Ct. 1198, 163 L.Ed.2d 1059 (2006) (lower federal courts are precluded from exercising appellate jurisdiction over final state court judgments). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

FOOTNOTES

1. The Honorable Nancy E. Brasel, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Hildy Bowbeer, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.

PER CURIAM.

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