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Parties Involved:
Allstate Insurance Company
Appellee
City of Fort Collins
Appellee
David Lawser
Appellee
Heidi Nash
Appellee
Edward Ronwin
Appellant
Terri Rene Snyder
Appellee
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED 

United States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

UNITED ST ATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

June 7, 2005 

PATRICK FISHER 

Clerk 

EDWARD RONWIN, 

Plaintiff - Appellant, 

V. 

ALLSTATE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, an Illinois corporation; 

STATE FARM MUTUAL 

AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, an Illinois corporation; 

DA YID LA WSER; TERRI RENE 

SNYDER; CITY OF FORT COLLINS, 

a municipality; HEIDI NASH, 

Defendants - Appellees. 

No. 04-1412 

(D.C. No. 03-N-1528 (OES)) 

(D. Colo.) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before BRISCOE, ANDERSON, 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This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the 

doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. The court 

generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order 

and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

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this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); I 0th Cir. R. 34.1 (G). The case is 

therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. 

Edward Ronwin, appearing prose, appeals from the district court's order 

granting the appellees' motions to dismiss and denying his motion for sanctions. 

The district court determined that Allstate Insurance Company, State Farm Mutual 

Automobile Insurance Company, David Lawser and Terri Rene Snyder 

( collectively "Insurance Defendants") were entitled to immunity from Ronwin's 

state law claims under Colo. Rev. Stat. § I 0-4-607 and that Ronwin had failed to 

state a claim on his Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) 

claim against the Insurance Defendants and his 42 U .S.C. § 1983 claim against 

defendants Snyder, Heidi Nash and the City of Fort Collins. 

We review de novo a district court's dismissal for failure to state a claim 

under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). Sutton v. Utah State Sch.for the Deaf & Blind, 

173 F.3d 1226, 1236 (10th Cir. 1999). We review for abuse of discretion the 

district court's denial of a motion for sanctions under Fed. R. Civ. P. 11. 

Burkhart ex rel. Meeks v. Kinsley Bank, 852 F .2d 512, 515 (I 0th Cir. I 988). 

Having reviewed the briefs, the record, and the applicable law pursuant to 

these standards, we conclude that the district court correctly decided this case. 

We therefore AFFIRM the judgment for substantially the same reasons stated in 

the district court's order dated September 30, 2004 (adopting the magistrate 

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judge's recommendations dated September 29, 2004). Ronwin's Motion for 

Permission to Include Two Items in the Addendum of Appellant's Opening Brief 

is DENIED. Pursuant to our authority in Fed. R. App. P. 38, we ORDER Ronwin 

to SHOW CAUSE in writing within twenty days of the date of this order and 

judgment why he should not be sanctioned for filing a frivolous appeal. 

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Entered for the Court 

Stephen H. Anderson 

Circuit Judge 

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