BOYD v. HARRISON (2021)

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Michael Lavern BOYD Plaintiff - Appellant v. Brandon James HARRISON, Justice, Arkansas Court of Appeals; Rita Williamson Gruber, Justice, Arkansas Court of Appeals; Raymond Abramson, Justice, Arkansas Court of Appeals; Robert J. Gladwin, Justice, Arkansas Court of Appeals; Phillip Whiteaker, Justice, Arkansas Court of Appeals; Cliff Hoofman, Justice, Arkansas Court of Appeals; Waymond Brown, Justice, Arkansas Court of Appeals; Herbert T. Wright, Judge, Pulaski County Circuit Court; Barbara Mariani, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney; Michael Gibbons, Detective, North Little Rock Police Department; Cody Brown, Detective, North Little Rock City Police Department; Wade Tolett, Officer, North Little Rock Police Department; Kathryn Pannel, Employee, Simmons Bank Defendants - Appellees

No. 20-2664

Decided: March 04, 2021

Before BENTON, MELLOY, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.

Michael Lavern Boyd, Pro Se Vincent P. France, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Little Rock, AR, for Defendants-Appellees Brandon James Harrison, Rita Williamson Gruber, Raymond Abramson, Robert J. Gladwin, Phillip Whiteaker, Cliff Hoofman, Waymond Brown, Herbert T. Wright, Barbara Mariani Amy Fields, City Attorney's Office, North Little Rock, AR, for Defendants-Appellees

[Unpublished]

Arkansas inmate Michael Boyd appeals the district court's ¹ 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) preservice dismissal of his civil rights action, in which he raised claims related to his 2013 arrest, prosecution, and conviction for bank robbery. The district court dismissed Boyd's complaint, concluding that his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims were barred by sovereign, judicial, and prosecutorial immunity, Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994), and the statute of limitations; and that he failed to state a conspiracy claim. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we find no basis for reversal. See Moore v. Sims, 200 F.3d 1170, 1171 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam) (de novo review of § 1915(e)(2)(B) dismissal). The judgment is affirmed.

FOOTNOTES

1. The Honorable Kristine G. Baker, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

PER CURIAM.

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