Filed: Dec. 30, 2019
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Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS December 30, 2019 Elisabeth A. Shumaker TENTH CIRCUIT Clerk of Court JAMES C. STRADER, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. No. 19-3242 (D.C. No. 5:19-CV-03102-SAC) ROGER WERHOLTZ, Secretary of (D. Kan.) Corrections; KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; CORIZON; SAM CLINE, Warden, El Dorado Correctional Facility; FNU SHUBER, Defendants - Appellees. ORDER AND JUDGMENT * Before CARSON, BALDOCK, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. After ex
Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS December 30, 2019 Elisabeth A. Shumaker TENTH CIRCUIT Clerk of Court JAMES C. STRADER, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. No. 19-3242 (D.C. No. 5:19-CV-03102-SAC) ROGER WERHOLTZ, Secretary of (D. Kan.) Corrections; KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; CORIZON; SAM CLINE, Warden, El Dorado Correctional Facility; FNU SHUBER, Defendants - Appellees. ORDER AND JUDGMENT * Before CARSON, BALDOCK, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. After exa..
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FILED
United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS December 30, 2019
Elisabeth A. Shumaker
TENTH CIRCUIT Clerk of Court
JAMES C. STRADER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v. No. 19-3242
(D.C. No. 5:19-CV-03102-SAC)
ROGER WERHOLTZ, Secretary of (D. Kan.)
Corrections; KANSAS
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS;
CORIZON; SAM CLINE, Warden, El
Dorado Correctional Facility; FNU
SHUBER,
Defendants - Appellees.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT *
Before CARSON, BALDOCK, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined
unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist in the determination
*
This order and judgment is not binding precedent except under the
doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited,
however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th
Cir. R. 32.1.
of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is
therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.
James C. Strader appeals from a series of orders of the United States
District Court for the District of Kansas. The district court dismissed Strader’s
pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights complaint for failure to state a claim; denied
Strader’s numerous motions, which constituted more than 900 pages, as frivolous
and irrelevant; and imposed targeted and narrow restrictions on Strader’s ability
to file additional motions in this particular case. Reading his difficult-to-
understand appellate filings liberally, Strader appears to appeal from all of these
rulings.
Strader’s brief on appeal does not contain a single meaningful citation to
authority or any meaningful analysis of the propriety of the district court’s
dismissal of his complaint, resolution of his numerous motions, or imposition of
limited filing restrictions. Upon de novo review of the district court’s various
orders, Strader’s appellate brief, and the entire record on appeal, we conclude this
appeal is frivolous and, therefore, Strader is not entitled to proceed on appeal in
forma pauperis.
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For those reasons set out above, this appeal is DISMISSED pursuant to the
terms of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(b)(i) (providing that a court shall dismiss a
proceeding in forma pauperis if the court determines the action or appeal is
frivolous or malicious).
ENTERED FOR THE COURT
Michael R. Murphy
Circuit Judge
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