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Parties Involved:
Sam Esquibel
Appellee
Ralph M. Lepiscopo
Appellant

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

APR 19 1990 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

RALPH M. LEPISCOPO, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v . 

SAM ESQUIBEL, 

Defendant-Appellee. 

No. 89-2155 

(D.C. No. 89-707-JP) 

(D. New Mexico) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before MOORE, BRORBY, and EBEL, 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 cause is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

The district court dismissed Mr. Lepiscopo's civil rights 

complaint on the ground the action is barred by the applicable 

*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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statute of limitations. Although Mr. Lepiscopo claims there is no 

statute of limitations for civil rights actions, he is incorrect. 

See Manders v. State of Okla. ex rel. Dep't of Mental Health, 875 

F.2d 263, 265 (10th Cir. 1989). The judgment of the district 

court is AFFIRMED for the reasons stated in the dist r; c t court's 

order of dismissal. 

Entered for the Court 

John P. Moore 

Circuit Judge 

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