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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

PAUL MICHAEL WOOLFORD 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

FILED 

United States Co}lrt (?f Appca.b Tenth Circuit 

OCT 1 7 1991 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

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No. 91-1016 

WARDEN ANTHONY BELASKI 

Defendant-Appellee. 

(D. Colo. No. 90-A-445) 

ORDER ARD JUDGMENT* 

Before McKAY, Chief Judge, and SEYMOUR and EBEL, 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. Therefore, the case is ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

The appellant, Paul Michael Woolford, is a prisoner at the 

Federal Correctional Institution in Englewood, Colorado. He 

alleges that prison officials violated his constitutional rights 

by failing to provide him with proper medical treatment for his 

spinal injuries. Although he originally filed a writ of habeas 

corpus, the district court converted his cause of action to a 

* 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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civil rights complaint under Bivens. 1 

For the reasons stated in the Magistrate's Recommendation of 

November 7, 1990 and the District Court's Order of Dismissal of 

January 2, 1990, we AFFIRM. The appellant's complaint is 

dismissed with prejudice. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

Entered for the Court 

David M. Ebel 

Circuit Judge 

1 We deny the appellant's Motion to Expedite Court Appointed 

Court Requested Counsel. "There is no constitutional right to 

appointed counsel in a civil case." Durre v. Dempsey, 869 F.2d 

543, 547 (10th Cir. 1989) (per curiam). 

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