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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 

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UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

THEODORE S. BLEDSOE, ) 

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Plaintiff-Appellant ) 

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FI LED 

United States Court of Appeals 

T~.,th Cir..,,it 

FEB 2 2 1990 

&OBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

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LOUISE. BRUCE and DORTHY BUSSON, ) 

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No. 89-3259 

(D.C. No. 89-3334-S) 

(D. Kan.) 

Defendants-Appellees. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before McKAY, SEYMOUR, and EBEL, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. 

This matter is before the court on appellant's motion for 

leave to proceed on appeal without prepayment of costs or fees. 

In order to succeed on his motion, an appellant must show 

both: 

1. A financial inability to pay the required filing fees and 

2. The existence of a reasoned, nonfrivolous argument on the 

law and facts in support of the issues raised on appeal. 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

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See 28 u.s.c. § 1915(a); Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438 

(1962); Ragan v. Cox, 305 F.2d 58 (10th Cir. 1962). 

We conclude that appellant can make no rational argument on 

the law or facts in support of the issues raised on appeal, as 

required by paragraph two above. Therefore, the motion for leave 

to proceed on appeal without prepayment of costs or fees is 

denied. 

It is further ordered as follows: 

1. The filing fee is waived; 

2. The appeal is dismissed because no rational argument 

be made. The explanation for the failures of plaintiff's 

complaint are fully set forth in the trial court's order 

September 11, 1989; and 

3. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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Entered for the Court 

Monroe G. McKay 

Circuit Judge 

of 

can 

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