Chrystal Gray v. Arkansas Department of Human Services

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 14-1509
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Chrystal Gray
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant
v.
Arkansas Department of Human Services; John Selig, Director, DHS; Toni Bogan,
Former Manager, Appeals and Hearings, Office of Chief Counsel, DHS; Sherry
Middleton, Division of Volunteerism, DHS
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
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Submitted: December 30, 2014
Filed: January 6, 2015
[Unpublished]
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Before GRUENDER, BENTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

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Chrystal Gray appeals the district court’s dismissal of her complaint as1
time-barred. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on
appeal, we conclude that Gray’s complaint did not relate back to a pleading she filed
in a separate lawsuit and that her claims were barred under the applicable statute of
limitations. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(c) (providing for relation back under certain
circumstances involving amendment of original pleading); Smithrud v. City of St.
Paul, 746 F.3d 391, 395 (8th Cir.) (dismissal based on statute of limitations is
reviewed de novo), cert. denied, 135 S. Ct. 361 (2014).
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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The Honorable James M. Moody, United States District Judge for the Eastern1
District of Arkansas, now retired.
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