                          United States Court of Appeals
                             FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                   No. 96-3892
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Stiletto Carlucci Luciano,              *
                                        *
             Appellant,                 *
                                        *   Appeal from the United States
      v.                                *   District Court for the
                                        *   District of Minnesota.
Walter Sass, Lt.,                       *         [UNPUBLISHED]
                                        *
             Appellee.                  *
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                                Submitted: February 2, 1998

                                     Filed: February 6, 1998
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Before BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit
      Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      Stiletto Carlucci Luciano appeals from the district court’s1 adverse grant of
summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Having reviewed the record and
the submissions on appeal, we conclude that the judgment of the district court was




      1
        The Honorable Michael James Davis, United States District Judge for the
District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable John
M. Mason, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.
correct and that an extended opinion is not warranted. Accordingly, the judgment is
affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

      A true copy.

            Attest:

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




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