United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-4138

Freddy Baker, Appellant, v. Arkansas Court of Appeals; John E. Jennings, Chief Judge, Arkansas Court of Appeals; Melvin Mayfield, Judge, Arkansas Court of Appeals; James R. Cooper, Judge, Arkansas Court of Appeals; Judith Rogers, Judge, Arkansas Court of Appeals; John Mauzy Pittman, Judge, Arkansas Court of Appeals; John B. Robbins, Judge, Arkansas Court of Appeals; John Stroud, Jr., Judge, Arkansas Court of Appeals; Olly Neal, Judge, Arkansas Court of Appeals; Wendell L. Griffen, Judge, Arkansas Court of Appeals; Winston Bryant, Arkansas Attorney General; Todd L. Newton, Assistant Attorney General, Appellees.

Submitted: April 7, 1998 Filed: April 24, 1998

Before McMILLIAN, LOKEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

1Freddy Baker, an Arkansas prisoner, appeals the district court&s dismissal, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Baker sought a declaration that judges on the Arkansas Court of Appeals had violated his constitutional rights by refusing to consider certain claims he had raised on direct appeal to that court; he also sought to enjoin the Arkansas Attorney General from raising procedural bar in future proceedings. We have carefully reviewed the record and conclude that the district court did not err in dismissing the claims. The judgment is therefore affirmed.

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

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

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[1] The Honorable Henry Woods, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.