              United States Court of Appeals
                         For the Eighth Circuit
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                             No. 14-2187
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                               Steven M. Evans

                    lllllllllllllllllllllPetitioner - Appellant

                                        v.

                            Warden Linda Sanders

                    lllllllllllllllllllllRespondent - Appellee
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                   Appeal from United States District Court
              for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield
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                         Submitted: October 7, 2014
                          Filed: October 22, 2014
                               [Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, MELLOY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
       Steven Evans appeals the district court’s1 order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2241
petition challenging his civil commitment under 18 U.S.C. § 4246. Following careful
de novo review, see United States v. Lurie, 207 F.3d 1075, 1076 (8th Cir. 2000), we
conclude that Evans’s challenges to the lawfulness of his confinement, and
particularly his jurisdictional arguments, are meritless. Accordingly, we affirm, and
we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.
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      ¹The Honorable Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr., Chief Judge, United States District
Court for the Western District of Missouri, adopting the report and recommendations
of the Honorable David P. Rush, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western
District of Missouri.

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