
    James E. SHERROD, Appellant, v. State of NEBRASKA; Don Stenberg; Nebraska State Patrol; Lancaster County Attorney’s Office; Lincoln Police Department; Mark Funkhouser, Nebraska State Patrol; Jack Wyant; Nebraska State Penitentiary; Joe Kelly; Jane Khress; Pam Fittje; Harold W. Clarke, Appellees.
    No. 03-2594.
    United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
    Submitted Jan. 7, 2004.
    Decided Jan. 15, 2004.
    
      James E. Sherrod, pro se, Lincoln, NE, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    Charles Edward Lowe, Attorney General’s Office, Michael E. Thew, Lancaster County Attorney, Lincoln, NE, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

Nebraska inmate James Sherrod brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1988 action alleging that defendants lost evidence which, if DNA-tested, would have exonerated him of a rape for which he was convicted. He sought damages and release from prison. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim, and Sherrod appeals. Upon de novo review, see Breedlove v. Earthgrains Baking Cos., 140 F.3d 797, 799 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 525 U.S. 921, 119 S.Ct. 276, 142 L.Ed.2d 228 (1998), we agree with the district court that Sherrod failed to state a claim under section 1983, see Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 486-87, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994); Daniels v. Williams, 474 U.S. 327, 330-31, 106 S.Ct. 662, 88 L.Ed.2d 662 (1986); Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475, 490, 93 S.Ct. 1827, 36 L.Ed.2d 439 (1973).

Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. 
      
      . The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
     