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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 APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

THOMAS ODELL KELLY, ) 

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Plaintiff-Appellant, ) 

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Flt:tt· _ United St~rqs e.t}tuf of Ap als 

·r enth Circuit 

NOV G 1990 

&OBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

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HERB MASCHNER, Director; ) 

No. 88-2341 

(D.C. No. 86-3257) 

(District of Kansas) 

MAJOR KENNY LYNCH; LINDA MOPPIN; ) 

W. T. MADDEN; NORMAN BACON; ) 

KENNETH HARMON; GARY RAYL, Former ) 

Director; MICHAEL NEVE; DAN PETTIS;) 

HERMAN VOGEL; J. RAGSDALE; MEL ) 

MELLER; DANIEL CRUTE; ADMINISTRA- ) 

TIVE SEGREGATION REVIEW BOARD; ) 

DISCIPLINARY BOARDS, et al.; in ) 

their individual and official ) 

capacities, A. KRAMER and ) 

L. MOREHOUSE, ) 

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Defendants-Appellees. ) 

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. 

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

Having reviewed petitioner's prose brief and the district 

court's order, we hold that, to the extent petitioner raises new 

issues, these issues are not properly before us. On issues passed 

upon by the district court, we affirm for the reasons set forth by 

the district court in his Memorandum and Order dated August 10, 

1988, which is attached. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

Entered for the Court 

Monroe G. McKay 

Circuit Judge 

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THOMAS ODELL KELLY, 

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Defendants. 

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THOMAS ODELL KELLY, 

Plaintiff, 

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GARY RAYL, et al., 

Defendants. 

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER 

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This matter is before the court on plaintiff's motion 

for new trial, to alter or amend judgment, or to amend findings 

of fact. Plaintiff filed these actions pursuant to 42 u.s.c. 

§ 1983 and the cases were consolidated for purposes of the trial 

held on June 8, 1988. The court granted defendants' motion for 

a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff's evidence. 

In support of plaintiff's motion, he claims that the 

court erred by applying the theory of res judicata and qualified 

immunity; dismissing claims as barred under the statute of 

limitations; and that the court is prejudiced. Plaintiff has 

failed to state any facts sufficient to overcome any of the 

defenses raised by the defendants and affirmed by the court. 

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In addition, plaintiff claims that the court erred by 

consolidating the cases for trial, by overruling his objections, 

by refusing to compel the clerk's office to provide him with 

subpoenas duces tecum, and by not compelling defendants to 

honor his discovery requests. 

First, plaintiff has not stated how consolidating 

these cases prejudiced his right to a fair trial. The evidence 

was essentially the s a me in both cases and to permit separate 

trials would have resulted in duplicated testimony. Second, 

the court, in refusing to compel the clerk's office to provide 

plaintiff with subpoenas, did suggest the alternative of depo sing the witnesses and submitting the depositions to the court 

for consideration before ruling on plaintiff's case, but plaintiff stated during the trial that he did not have any additional 

testimony to be offered. Third, plaintiff makes only conclusory 

allegations regarding his discovery requests without any indication of how this prejudiced his _ case. 

Plaintiff further claims that the judge erred by denying plaintiff's motion to disqualify the judge. The only 

grounds stated in support of this claim is that the court ruled 

adversely on his objections and motions, which is inadequate to 

sustain a. motion for disqualification . • 

Plaintiff has also filed a motion objecting to the 

preparation of the journal entry of judgment by David Cooper, 

an Assistant Attorney General. The court agreed with the arguments advanced by defense counsel in their motion for a cirected 

verdict at trial and, accordingly, granted their motion. The 

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court finds no error in directing defense counsel to prepare 

the journal entry of judgment, which was approved by the court 

and filed on July 21, 1988. 

Based on the foregoing, the court finds that plaintiff's motions will be denied. 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that plaintiff Is motion for 

new trial, to alter or amend judgment or, in the alternative, 

to amend findings of fact, be denied. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff's motion objecting to the preparation of the journal entry of judgment by defense counsel be denied . 

The clerk of the court is directed to transmit a copy 

of this memorandum and order to plaintiff and to the office of 

tbe Attorney General for the State of Kansas. 

Kansas. 

Dated this /Om- day of August, 1988, at Kansas City, 

DALEE. SAFFELS 

United States 

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