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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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FILED 

United States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 2 0 1990 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

ROBERT DALE McKINNEY, ) 

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Plaintiff-Appellant, ) 

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PAUL ABEL, Sheriff; DEPUTIES, ) 

Jailers of Sheriff Abel; BUD DAVIS,) 

Sheriff; BOARD OF COUNTY ) 

COMMISSIONERS, Pottawatomie County,) 

State of Oklahoma, ) 

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Defendants-Appellees. ) 

No. 90-6027 

(D.C. No. CIV-89-1027-W) 

(W.D. Okla.) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT * 

Before McKAY, MOORE, and BRORBY, 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 order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be c i ted, 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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Plaintiff-appellant's Motion for Leave to Proceed on Appeal 

Without Prepayment of Costs or Fees is granted, and we proceed to 

the merits of the case. 

We affirm the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's 

complaint. Plaintiff failed to respond to the summary judgment 

motions pending before the court after being twice ordered to 

respond by the district court. A district court has the 

discretion to dismiss a cause of action for failure to follow a 

court order. See Stanley v. Continental Oil Co., 536 F.2d 914, 

917 (10th Cir. 1976). Because the district court did not specify 

whether the dismissal was to be with or without prejudice, we 

affirm the dismissal without prejudice. 

AFFIRMED. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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Entered for the Court 

Monroe G. McKay 

Circuit Judge 

Appellate Case: 90-6027 Document: 010110041432 Date Filed: 08/20/1990 Page: 2