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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALVn teti £,} ~ .e 0 ~ ~ . t11-1rc of Appeals 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT emh Circuit 

KATHLEEN SMITH and GLADYS SMITH, 

as Personal Representatives of the 

estate of Floyd Wayne Smith, deceased, 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

v. 

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA; OKLAHOMA STATE BUREAU) 

OF INVESTIGATION; THE COUNTY OF CARTER, ) 

by and through The Board of County ) 

Commissioners of the County of Carter; ) 

RICHARD FUGITT; RODGER ATNIP; ) 

ROBERT DENNEY; RONALD WORTHEN; ) 

EARL RUSSELL; ROBERT MCQUEEN; ) 

BILL NOLAND; CHARLES MAYS; JOHN DOE; ) 

THE CITY OF ARDMORE; DAVID J. ) 

WILLINGHAM, ) 

Defendants, 

and 

MICHAEL HATCH, 

Defendant-Appellee. 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

JAN 2 .. f9go 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 88-2987 

(D.C. No. 86-0311-P) 

(W.D. Okla.) 

Before MOORE, BARRETT, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges. 

* 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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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. 

Plaintiffs Kathleen Smith and Gladys Smith appeal from an 

order of the district court granting defendant Michael Hatch's 

motion for summary judgment. On appeal, plaintiffs argue that the 

district court erred in excluding tape-recorded conversations from 

evidence, in excluding evidence of an improperly served subpoena 

and resulting bench warrant, and in applying an improper standard 

regarding the evidence necessary to overcome summary judgment on 

the conspiracy claims. 

The district court carefully reviewed plaintiffs' arguments 

and concluded, after applying the proper standard of review, that 

summary judgment was appropriate on plaintiffs' conspiracy 

allegations against Hatch. We agree with the reasoning and the 

result reached by the district court. Plaintiffs merely 

speculated, but failed to show, that Hatch was involved in a 

conspiracy. Also, plaintiffs failed to indicate how the excluded 

evidence would have shown Hatch's involvement in 

Accordingly, we affirm the district court's 

judgment for Hatch for substantially the reasons 

district court. 

a conspiracy. 

grant of summary 

stated by the 

We need not reach the issues concerning the admissibility of 

the tapes and the evidence regarding the subpoena and resulting 

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bench warrant, as these issues are not relevant to the disposition 

of this appeal. 

The judgment of the United States District Court for the 

Western District of Oklahoma is AFFIRMED. 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

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