Keith Wayne Simpson v. Cheryl Ramstad Hvass

Minnesota inmate Keith Wayne Simpson appeals the District Court’s 1 order dismissing, under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) (Supp. IV 1998), his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Supp. IV 1998) action. After de novo review of the record, see Cooper v. Schriro, 189 F.3d 781, 783 (8th Cir.1999) (per cu-riam) (standard of review), we affirm.

Simpson, who is African-American, alleged that after he was released from segregation on two occasions, he was denied immediate reinstatement to a prison vocational program in which he had been enrolled, while white inmates who had been placed in segregation were promptly reinstated.…