Leonard Bieri, III v. United States , 121 F. App'x 681 ( 2005 )

United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 04-2720
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Leonard Bieri, III, *
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Appellant, *
* Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the
* Western District of Missouri.
United States of America, * [UNPUBLISHED]
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Appellee. *
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Submitted: February 14, 2005
Filed: February 18, 2005
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Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Leonard Bieri appeals the district court’s1 denial of Bieri’s motion to reconsider
the dismissal of his quiet-title action. The district court dismissed Bieri’s complaint
because Bieri’s property rights in the subject property were extinguished by a final
order of forfeiture which Bieri had previously challenged. Having carefully reviewed
the record, we conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying
reconsideration because this matter is foreclosed by the doctrine of res judicata. See
Innovative Home Health Care, Inc. v. P.T.-O.T. Assocs. of the Black Hills, 141 F.3d
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The Honorable Scott O. Wright, United States District Judge for the Western
District of Missouri.
1284, 1286 (8th Cir. 1998) (standard of review); Klipsch, Inc. v. WWR Tech., Inc.,
127 F.3d 729, 733 (8th Cir. 1997) (res judicata precludes relitigation of claim on
grounds that were raised or might have been raised in prior action).
Accordingly, we affirm.
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