                      United States Court of Appeals
                           FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                    No. 11-1836
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Gerald Arthur Gillespie,                 *
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             Appellant,                  *
                                         * Appeal from the United States
      v.                                 * District Court for the
                                         * District of Minnesota.
State of Minnesota,                      *
                                         * [UNPUBLISHED]
             Appellee.                   *
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                              Submitted: October 4, 2011
                                 Filed: October 7, 2011
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Before LOKEN, BYE, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      Gerald Arthur Gillespie appeals the district court’s1 dismissal of his action
seeking to set aside his state criminal conviction, for which his sentence has expired.
Upon de novo review, see Hastings v. Wilson, 516 F.3d 1055, 1058 (8th Cir. 2008),
we conclude that dismissal was proper for the reasons the district court stated.
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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      1
       The Honorable Ann D. Montgomery, United States District Judge for the
District of Minnesota.
