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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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JOHN 

v. 

K S 

H. TOWNSLEY, 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

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Plaintiff-Appellant, ) 

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) (D.C. 

P• I and LARNED STATE HOSPITAL, ) 

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Defendants-Appellees. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

FI LED 

United State$ Coo,.., '1f Ap!)$!als 

Tenth Circuit 

MAY 2 9 1991 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 90-3316 

No. 90-CV-3384) 

( D. Kan.) 

Before ANDERSON, BRORBY, and TACHA, 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. 

Plaintiff-appellant John Townsley appeals a district court ~ 

order dismissing his suit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On 

appeal, Townsley argues his section 1983 action is not frivolous. 

We exercise jurisdiction and affirm. 

In his prose complaint and appellate brief, Townsley alleges 

slander, libel, perjury, invasion of privacy, and false 

* 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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imprisonment arising from reprisals, "counterfeit writeups and 

kangaroo courts." Townsley states he was involved in a "technical 

parole violation" in 1981, the mental health facilities at the 

prison are illegal, and state officials such as the prison warden 

and Governor Hayden have left their jobs as a result of "illegal 

activities." Townsley explains he wrote privately to state and 

federal officials about the situation at the prison and they made 

public what he considered confidential information in violation of 

his attorney client privilege. He further complains that 

"paralegals in the prison" and law students "prey on people's 

private business." 

Even read with liberality, Townsley's claims describe 

"fantastic or delusional scenarios" that are frivolous. Neitzke 

Y..!.. Williams 109 s. Ct. 1827, 1933 (1989). Because Townsley has 

failed to show a rational argument on the law and facts supporting 

his claims, Coppedge Y..!.. United States, 369 U.S. 438 (1962); Ragan 

Y..!.. Cox, 305 F.2d 58 (10th Cir. 1962), we deny in forma pauperis, 

waive the fees, and AFFIRM. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

Deanell Reece Tacha 

Circuit Judge 

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