Wilfrido Juan Pujols, also known as Wil Pujols v. Pujols Family Foundation

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 17-3414
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Wilfrido Juan Pujols, also known as Wil Pujols
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant
v.
Pujols Family Foundation; Deidre Pujols, in her individual capacity; Jose Alberto
Pujols, in his individual capacity, also known as Albert Pujols
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
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Submitted: May 3, 2018
Filed: May 8, 2018
[Unpublished]
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Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

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Wilfrido Pujols appeals the district court’s dismissal with prejudice of his1
diversity action asserting state-law claims for libel and slander. Having reviewed the
record and the parties’ filings, we agree, for the reasons stated by the district court,
that Pujols failed to state a claim for either libel or slander. See Martin v. Iowa, 752
F.3d 725, 727 (8th Cir. 2014) (Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) dismissal is reviewed de
novo). We further conclude that the district court correctly dismissed the action with
prejudice. See Ahmed v. United States, 147 F.3d 791, 797 (8th Cir. 1998) (dismissal
for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted under Rule 12(b)(6) is
adjudication on the merits; dismissal with prejudice is appropriate).
The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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The Honorable Charles A. Shaw, United States District Judge for the Eastern1
District of Missouri.
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