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Parties Involved:
Mike Davit
Appellee
David Houck
Appellee
Gaylord Inks
Appellee
John Powell
Appellant

Document Text:

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

JOHN POWELL, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

Fl LED 

United States Co1;rt of Appeal 1"'1!"", ... ,.."; .... l .. r-_;"f',.'I "• ·~ 

JAN 1 1900 

iilOBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

v. No. 89-6329 

DAVID HOUCK, GAYLORD INKS, and 

MIKE DAVIT, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

(D.C. No. Civ-89-1525-P) 

(W. Dist. Okla.) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before McKAY, ANDERSON and BALDOCK, 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. The case is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

Plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis in this case 

is granted, the fee is waived, and the merits have been submitted 

to the court on the briefs and the record. 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner appearing prose. The 

underlying complaint out of which this appeal arises was filed in 

* 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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the Western District of Oklahoma. The trial court noted that an 

identical complaint had previously been filed in the same district 

and was dismissed for improper venue in that court. Powell v. 

Houck, Civil 89-1332-P (Western District of Oklahoma), Aug. 10, 

1989. The district court noted that the proper remedy for 

challenging the prior ruling was appeal, not the filing of a new 

identical complaint. The trial court therefore properly dismissed 

the underlying complaint in this case. The earlier order of 

dismissal acts as a bar to plaintiff's relitigation of the same 

complaint. 

The appeal herein is dismissed. The mandate shall issue 

forthwith. 

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Entered for the Court 

Monroe G. McKay 

Circuit Judge 

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