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JOHNSON v. STATE OF MO.

Nos. 97-2782, 97-2798.

142 F.3d 1087 (1998)

Timothy JOHNSON; Michael Winn, Sr.; Edward Allen Moore, Appellants, Michael Joseph Lewis, Sr.; Melvin Leroy Tyler, Plaintiffs, v. STATE OF MISSOURI, Jeremiah Nixon, Attorney General; Dora Schriro, Director, Department of Corrections; Michael Bowersox, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center; Carl White, Superintendent, Algoa Correctional Center; David Dormire, Superintendent, Jefferson City Correctional Center, Appellees, Melvin Leroy TYLER, Plaintiff, v. Mel CARNAHAN, Missouri State Governor; Jay Nixon, Mo. AG; Dora Schriro, Director MDC; Cranston Mitchell, Chairman MBPP, Appellees. Timothy JOHNSON; Michael Winn, Sr.; Edward Allen Moore; Michael Joseph Lewis, Sr., Plaintiffs, Melvin Leroy Tyler, Appellant, v. STATE OF MISSOURI; Jeremiah Nixon, Attorney General; Dora Schriro, Director, Department of Corrections; Michael Bowersox, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center; Carl White, Superintendent, Algoa Correctional Center; David Dormire, Superintendent, Jefferson City Correctional Center, Appellees, Melvin Leroy TYLER, Appellant, v. Mel CARNAHAN, Missouri State Governor; Jay Nixon, Mo. AG; Dora Schriro, Director MDC; Cranston Mitchell, Chairman MBPP, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 24, 1998.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied May 29, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise Field, Clayton, MO, argued (M. Susan Carlson, on the brief), for Appellants.

Erwin O. Switzer, III, St. Louis, MO, argued (John R. Munich, Bruce Farmer and Andrew J. Lay, on the brief), for Appellees.

Before WOLLMAN, HEANEY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing en banc Denied May 29, 1998.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated appeals, Missouri inmates, Timothy Johnson, Michael Winn, Sr., Edward Allen Moore, and Melvin Leroy Tyler, appeal from a judgment of the district court1 dismissing their complaints challenging Mo.Rev.Stat. § 217.262 (1996), which provides sanctions if an inmate files a frivolous claim with a court. Because we agree...

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