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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 COURT OF 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

APPEALS 

MICHAELE. McCARTHY, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v. 

GARY L. HENMAN; MR. CONNERS, 

Assistant Warden; B. F . THOMAS, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Ml'.\R2 9 1993 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 92-3386 

(D.C. No . 90-3511-R) 

(D. Kansas) 

Before LOGAN, MOORE and BRORBY, Circuit Judges. 

Plaintiff brought a Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the 

Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S . 388 (1971), action against 

the warden and two staff members at the United States Penitentiary 

at Leavenworth after he was removed from the general prison population and transferred to another prison. Plaintiff alleged the 

decision to move him to a special housing unit (SHU) was without a 

factual basis, his detention pending investigation was a denial of 

due process, and that noncontact visitation in the SHU violated 

his constitutional rights. This appeal is from the district 

* 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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court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants. We 

grant plaintiff' s motion for leave to proceed on appeal without 

prepayment of costs and fees. 

We have examined the record and agree with the district court 

that defendants are entitled to judgment as a matter of law. The 

district court ' s Memorandum and Order of Sept. 30, 1992, correctly 

analyzes the facts and law; we AFFIRM for substantially the reasons stated therein. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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Entered for the Court 

James K. Logan 

Circuit Judge 

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