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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
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United Scates Court of Appea.Js 

Tenth Circuit 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

AUG - 7 1990 

.ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

CECIL COOPER, JR., 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v. 

BILL ROBERSON, D.A., 

Pottawatomie County; and MR. 

DAVIS, Sheriff, Pottawatomie 

County, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

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No. 90-6066 

(D.C. No. CIV-89-1351) 

(W.D. Oklahoma) 

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. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The cause is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

*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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Cecil Cooper, Jr., appearing prose, appeals the dismissal of 

his complaint alleging violations of 42 u.s.c. § 1983 and of the 

RICO Act. Following our holding in Martinez v. Aaron, 570 F.2d 

317 (10th Cir. 1978), the district court ordered the defendants to 

file a preliminary report concerning the factual allegations in 

the complaint. After thoroughly reviewing the report, the 

district court dismissed Mr. Cooper's§ 1983 claim pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(d), finding it to be obviously without merit. The 

district court also dismissed Mr. Cooper's RICO claim pursuant to 

§ 1915(d), concluding that it was based on conclusory allegations. 

We review a dismissal under 28 u.s.c. § 1915(d) for an abuse 

of discretion. Yellen v. Cooper, 828 F.2d 1471, 1475 (10th Cir. 

1987). The defendants' preliminary report supports the district 

court's conclusion that the conditions of confinement in the 

Pottawatomie County Jail satisfy constitutional requirements. We, 

therefore, find no abuse of discretion in the trial court's 

dismissal of Mr. Cooper's § 1983 claim. Since we also find no 

abuse of discretion in the district court's dismissal of Mr. 

Cooper's RICO claim, we AFFIRM the district court's dismissal of 

Mr. Cooper's complaint. 

Entered for the Court 

John P. Moore 

Circuit Judge 

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