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FIL.}2j.O United Stares Court of Ap~fo 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Tenth Circuit 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT APR2 0 1992 

ROBERT L. HOECKEE 

Clerk 

RUSSELL SMITH, ) 

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Plaintiff-Appellant, ) 

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, ) 

Oakland, California; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE) 

LABORATORY, Livermore, California; ) 

FENIX & SCISSION, INC., Mercury, Nevada;) 

ROMEY NEWTON; WILLIAMS DRILLING CO. , ) 

Gillette, Wyoming; JOHN M. DALY; ) 

THOMAS M. PADGET, formerly of Gillette, ) 

Wyoming; DAVIS OIL CO., Denver, ) 

Colorado; DR. STAN CLIFF; V.A. MEDICAL ) 

CENTER, Sheridan, Wyoming; RAY HAYES, ) 

Tacoma, Washington; BURK DABNEY, Marked) 

Tree, Arkansas, ) 

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Defendants-Appellees. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

No. 91-8049 

(D.C. No. 91-CV-0002-J) 

(D. Wyo.) 

Before MOORE, TACHA, 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. 

submitted without oral argument . 

The case is therefore ordered 

Plaintiff Russell Smith appeals from an order of the district 

court granting Defendants' motions to dismiss. 

Smith commenced this action in district court pursuant to 

"the civil right act or RICO act " seeking damages for various 

claims against Defendants. The claims appear to be based on 

incidents which occurred in 1979 and their sequelae. The district 

court in a very thorough and careful analysis of Smith ' s issues 

held that Defendants' motions to dismiss should be granted on the 

grounds that Smith had failed to state a claim and because the 

Defendants were improperly and ineffectively served with process. 

Upon review of the record and the parties' arguments on 

appeal, we AFFIRM the judgment of the United States District Court 

for the District of Wyoming for substantially the reasons stated 

in its order of June 13, 1991. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

Entered for the Court 

John P . Moore 

Circuit Judge 

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