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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEA1ffi,iJ'sl.1w",\ppllll Tenth t 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

CARROL RICHARD OLSON, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

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APR 2 8 1993 

ROBERT L. HOECKE!t 

Clerk 

vs. ) Nos. 92-3281, 92-3334 

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HAROLD COLEMAN, Sheriff, and ) (D. Kan.) 

PAUL CHRIS NELSON, County Attorney, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

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CARROL RICHARD OLSON, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Nos. 92-3335, 92-3369 

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vs. ) (D. Kan.) 

HAROLD COLEMAN, Sheriff, and 

ALEC BETH, County Correctional 

Administrator, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before TACHA, BALDOCK, and KELLY, 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. 

** After examining the briefs and appellate 

has determined unanimously that oral argument 

assist the determination of this appeal. 

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

submitted without oral argument. 

record, this panel 

would not materially 

See Fed . R. App . P. 

therefore is ordered 

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Due to clerical error, appeal No. 92-3281 was not included in 

the caption of our order and judgement filed March 12, 1993. 

Therefore, that order and judgment is vacated, the mandate is 

recalled, and judgment is reissued as follows. 

Plaintiff-appellant Carrol Richard Olson appeals the district 

court's order granting summary judgment to defendants in 

consolidated civil rights proceedings and the denial of his 

Fed. R. Civ. P . 60(b) (2) motion. Our jurisdiction arises under 28 

U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm. 

Mr . Olson filed two separate 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaints, 

alleging deprivation of constitutional rights and cruel and 

unusual punishment. The complaints alleged a beating by a prison 

guard, denial of necessary medical treatment, and unsanitary and 

unhealthful conditions at the Southeast Kansas Regional 

Correctional Facility. The district court consolidated the two 

complaints and ordered a Martinez report. 

Following preparation of the Martinez report, which contained 

sworn affidavits, the defendants moved for summary judgment. We 

find no issues of material fact that would preclude entry of 

summary judgment in favor of defendants. Mr . Olson's response to 

the Martinez report consisted of little more than repetition of 

his original complaint, was highly conclusory and unsupported by 

any affidavits, and was unsworn. Because Mr. Olson failed t o 

submit a sworn complaint or any affidavits or other evidence that 

would satisfy Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e), the district court could rely 

on the Martinez report, which contradicted Mr. Olson's conclusory 

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and unsworn allegations. See Mosier v. Maynard, 937 F . 2d 1521, 

1524 (10th Cir. 1991); Hall v. Bellmen, 935 F.2d 1106, 1110 (10th 

Cir. 1991) . 

Even assuming arguendo that Mr. Olson was struck, the 

physical contact he describes was de minimus, and does not 

constitute a use of force "'"repugnant to the conscience of 

mankind"'" violative of the Eighth Amendment. Hudson v . 

McMillian, 112 S. Ct. 995, 1000 (1992) (quoting Whitley v. Albers, 

475 U.S. 312, 327 (1986) (quoting Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 

100 (1976))). Mr. Olson's allegations of unhealthful prison 

conditions also fail to rise to the level of a deprivation of 

constitutional rights. While Mr. Olson's living conditions may 

have been uncomfortable and difficult to adjust to, they fall 

within the range of permissible inmate facilities. Finally, Mr. 

Olson's claim of denial of medical care must fail in light of 

testimony that Mr. Olson refused medical care while at the 

Southeastern Kansas Regional Correctional Facility. Prison 

officials demonstrated no deliberate indifference to serious 

medical needs. See Estelle, 429 U.S. at 104. 

AFFIRMED. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

Entered for the Court 

Paul J. Kelly, Jr. 

Circuit Judge 

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