Monty Lee EDDINGS, Appellant, v. State of MISSOURI, Appellee, 326 F. App'x 982

PER CURIAM. Monty Lee Eddings appeals the district court’s 28 U.S.C. § 1915A dismissal without prejudice of his pro se civil action against the State of Missouri. The district court’s dismissal was based upon an application of the Younger , abstention doctrine. Upon de novo review of the

section 1915A dismissal, see Cooper v. Schriro, 189 F.3d 781, 783 (8th Cir.1999) (per curiam), and review of the abstention holding for an abuse of discretion, see Norwood v. Dickey, 409 F.3d 901, 903 (8th Cir.2005), we find no basis for reversal. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. . The Honorable Nanette K. Laughrey, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable William A. Knox, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Missouri. . Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971).