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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 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

APR20 2005 

PATRICK FISHER 

Clerk 

WAYNE THOMAS JOHNSON, 

Plaintiff - Appellant, 

V. 

SMIRNOFF DISTILLERY; ATF, 

Defendants - Appellees. 

No. 04-6263 

(D.C. No. 04-CV-647-C) 

(W.D. Okla.) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before KELLY, O'BRIEN, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.** 

Wayne Thomas Johnson, a state inmate appearing prose, seeks to appeal 

from the dismissal of his civil rights complaint, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which sought 

to hold Defendants Smirnoff Distillery and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 

Firearms liable for Mr. Johnson 's various alcohol related problems based upon a 

• This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the 

doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. This court 

generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order 

and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

•• After examining the briefs and the appellate record, this three-judge 

panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not be of material 

assistance in the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34( a); 10th 

Cir. R. 34.1 (G). The cause is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. 

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failure to warn theory (in the guise of constitutional claims). Performing its 

screening function pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b), the district court, upon 

recommendation of the magistrate judge, dismissed the action for failure to state a 

claim, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii), and concluded that the dismissal should 

count as a "strike" pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). For substantially the reasons 

given by the magistrate judge, we affirm as Mr. Johnson has not addressed any of 

the defects identified below. Thus, the district court's dismissal counts as a 

strike, as will this dismissal. Jennings v. Natrona County Det. Ctr. Med. Facility. 

175 F.3d 775, 780 (10th Cir. 1999). 

AFFIRMED. Mr. Johnson's motion to proceed IFP is DENIED, and he is 

responsible for immediate payment of any unpaid filing fee . 

Entered for the Court 

Paul J. Kelly, Jr. 

Circuit Judge 

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