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Parties Involved:
James W. Butler
Appellant
O.B. Graham
Appellee
Juanita Wallace
Appellee

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FILED 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

Ufiited States O,urt of Appeals 

·renth Ci::.Uit 

APR 2 5 1990 

&OBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

JAMES W. BUTLER, and his minor 

children, 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

v. 

JUANITA WALLACE, doing business 

as Pee Wee Day Care Center; 

O.B. GRAHAM, an attorney, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

No. 89-5150 

(D.C. No. 89-C-385-B) 

(N.D. Oklahoma) 

Before LOGAN, SEYMOUR, 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. 

The only issue in this appeal is whether 38 u.s.c. §§ 3202 

and 3501 create an implied cause of action cognizable in federal 

court by a ward against the guardian receiving benefits from the 

* 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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Veterans Administration on the ward's behalf for misappropriation 

of the funds. The district court could find no indications of 

congressional intent to create such a cause of action in the 

language, structure, or legislative history of the statute; nor 

can we. We also note that violation of a guardian's fiduciary 

duties to a ward is a matter traditionally relegated to state law. 

We hold that there is no implied right under the statute plaintiff 

relies upon and we AFFIRM the district court's dismissal of the 

action. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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Entered- for the Court 

James K. Logan 

Circuit Judge 

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