Walter F. SCOTT, Appellant, v. SUBURBAN JOURNALS OF GREATER ST. LOUIS, LLC; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, LLC A Delaware Corporation; Pulitzer, Inc. A Delaware Corporation, Appellees, 376 F. App'x 661

PER CURIAM. Walter F. Scott appeals the district court’s adverse grant of

summary judgment in his civil action. Upon de novo review, see Johnson v. Blaukat, 453 F.3d 1108, 1112 (8th Cir.2006), we conclude that

summary judgment was proper for the reasons the district court stated. We further conclude that the court did not prematurely enter

summary judgment, see Dulany v. Carnahan, 132 F.3d 1234, 1238 (8th Cir.1997), and that it did not abuse its discretion in denying Scott’s motion to compel discovery, see Lee v. Armontrout, 991 F.2d 487, 489 (8th Cir.1993) (per curiam). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. . The HONORABLE E. RICHARD WEBBER, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.