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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 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

United States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

JAN 2 71988 

MARTIN LUTHER REED; CORNELIUS MAPLE, 

J R., 

Plaintiffs- Appellants, 

v. 

JAMES DUNHAM; BOARD OF CORRECTIONS, 

STATE OF OKLAHOMA; LARRY MEACHUM; 

DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS, STATE OF 

OKLAHOMA; ROBERT MITCHELL, II; 

PARDON AND PAROLE BOARD, 

STATE OF OKLAHOMA; DEPUTY WARDEN 

BILL ROLLER; SECURITY MAJOR 

GLENN RIDGEWAY; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 

CRITES; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER WRIGHT, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT 

Before SEYMOUR, BARRETT, and ANDERSON, 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. 34.1.8. 

submitted without oral argument. 

The cause is therefore ordered 

Plaintiffs are permitted to proceed on appeal without payment 

of fees or costs. This appeal is taken from the district court's 

dismissal of plaintiff's action for lack of proper venue. 

Appellate Case: 86-2889 Document: 010110025163 Date Filed: 01/27/1988 Page: 1 
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In this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 

plaintiffs sought money damages and other relief based on an 

incident involving a knife fight while they were incarcerated at 

Stringtown Correctional Center in Stringtown, Oklahoma. Plaintiff 

Reed also sought various forms of relief from the Board of 

Corrections and/or Pardon and Parole Broad which appear unrelated 

to the Stringtown incident. 

About half the named defendants were personnel at Stringtown 

in the Eastern District of Oklahoma. The remaining defendants 

reside in the Western District. Thus, there is no single district 

in which all defendant's reside, at least as the complaint was 

originally fashioned. 

However, the heart of the complaint involves the incident at 

Stringtown. Venue was therefore proper in the Eastern District. 

28 U.S.C. § 139l(b). 

Accordingly, the district court's judgment is REVERSED and 

the cause REMANDED for further proceedings. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

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