                     United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                     No. 02-1156
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Charles Pointer,                       *
                                       *
            Appellant,                 *
                                       * Appeal from the United States
      v.                               * District Court for the Eastern
                                       * District of Missouri.
St. Louis University School of Law,    *
                                       * [UNPUBLISHED]
            Appellee.                  *
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                            Submitted: February 26, 2002
                                Filed: March 4, 2002
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Before LOKEN, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

        Charles Pointer appeals the district court’s1 pre-service dismissal of his action
alleging false advertising and violations of the Freedom of Information Act and his
civil rights. After de novo review, see Moore v. Sims, 200 F.3d 1170, 1171 (8th Cir.
2000) (per curiam), we conclude that the action was properly dismissed for failure to
state a claim. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. 47A(a).




      1
       The Honorable Rodney W. Sippel, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Missouri.
A true copy.

      Attest:

               CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.




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