                 United States Court of Appeals
                            For the Eighth Circuit
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                                No. 12-2037
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                                Abdul Karim Hassan

                       lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

                                           v.

                  State of Iowa; Matt Schultz, Secretary of State

                      lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees
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                     Appeal from United States District Court
                  for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines
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                           Submitted: November 7, 2012
                            Filed: November 21, 2012
                                  [Unpublished]
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Before MURPHY, ARNOLD, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

     Abdul Hassan appeals the district court’s1 dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983
complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). After careful review, see

      1
      The Honorable Ronald E. Longstaff, United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Iowa.
Butler v. Bank of Am., 690 F.3d 959, 961 (8th Cir. 2012), we affirm for the reasons
stated by the district court, see 8th Cir. R. 47B, and deny Hassan’s motion for
publication of this opinion.
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