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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
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Unilcd St.ates Court of Ap;:::.b Tenth Circui~ 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 2 5 1992 

ROBERT L. HOECKER TENTH CIRCUIT 

C. SAMUEL WEST, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v. 

CHRISTINE A. GODNICK, DIXIE L. 

MINSON, TRACEY HILL, JOHN AND 

JANE DOES 1-25, PAMELA HUNT, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

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No. 91-4088 

(D. Utah) 

(D.C . No. 91-CV-179) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before SEYMOUR, ANDERSON, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the bri efs 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 cause is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

C. Samuel West, appeals from a dismissal of his 42 u.s.c. 

S 1983 and§ 1985 action against Christine Godnick and Pamela 

Hunt, agents for the Utah Division of Professional Licensing, and 

Dr. Tracey Hill, Chair of the Unproven Medical Standards Committee 

* 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 Ci r. R. 

36.3. 

Appellate Case: 91-4088 Document: 010110226152 Date Filed: 02/25/1992 Page: 1 
(hereinafter "defendants"). The district court granted the 

defendants' motions to dismiss on three grounds: (1) West's claims 

were barred by the applicable statute of limitations; (2) West 

failed to state a claim under§ 1985 because he failed to allege 

that he was a member of a protected class; and (3), defendants' 

were immune from liability arising from their testimony in a 

judicial proceeding. 

West appeals and asserts that the district court committed 

reversible error by relying upon the wrong statutory provision to 

determine the applicable statute of limitations. The district 

court's ruling was based upon this court's opinion in Mishmash v . 

Murray City, 730 F.2d 1366 (10th Cir. 1984), cert. denied, 471 

U.S. 1052 (1985), which held that all§ 1983 claims brought in 

federal court in Utah are subject to the four year statute of 

limitation. 

We find no error in the district court's dismissal of the 

complaint. We have reviewed Mr. West's contentions on appeal as 

well as the Order Granting All Defendant's Motions to Dismiss of 

the district court and AFFIRM the dismissal of Mr. West's 

complaint for substantially the same reasons set forth in the 

district court's Order Granting All Defendant's Motions to 

Dismiss. 

The appeal is DISMISSED. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

Stephen H. Anderson 

Circuit Judge 

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