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Parties Involved:
Tommy C. Martin
Appellee
John Francis Rourke
Appellant

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

State, Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT r:Ee 2 7 1991 

OBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk JOHN FRANCIS ROURKE, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v. 

TOMMY C. MARTIN, Warden of F.C.I., 

El Reno, 

Defendant-Appellee. 

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) No. 90-6005 

) (D.C. No. CIV-89-1518-T) 

) (W.D. Okla.) 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before ANDERSON, TACHA, 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 appeal. See Fed. R. App. P . 

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

submitted without oral argument. 

The case is therefore ordered 

This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying 

petitioner's application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 

28 u.s.c. § 2241. Pending before this court are petitioner's 

motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and a certificate 

* 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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of probable cause. Because we find the issues raised by 

petitioner to be nonfrivolous, we grant both motions. 

In his request for habeas relief, petitioner alleged the 

following grounds: 

(1) The Parole Commission will not abide by its 

own rules and regulations. 

(2) The Bureau of Prisons and its Staff is [sic] 

arbitrarily punishing Petitioner by physical beatings, 

withholding good time, special housing, medical 

attention, and the latest violation now is the 

confiscation of all typewriters in his Unit (Texas Unit) 

only, one day after the filing of the Petitioner's Writ 

of Habeas Corpus on August 21, 1989, in retaliation for 

doing specific legal work. 

(3) The clerk for the Western District of Oklahoma 

has denied Petitioner adequate, effective, and 

meaningful access to the Court. 

The district court's order dealt fully and fairly with each 

of the issues raised by petitioner. Upon our review of the 

proceedings, we concur in the district court's disposition for 

substantially the reasons stated therein. 

Accordingly, the judgment of the United States District Court 

for the Western District of Oklahoma is AFFIRMED. All pending 

motions filed by petitioner, aside from his requests for leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis and a certificate of probable cause, are 

denied as moot. 

Entered for the Court 

Deanell Reece Tacha 

Circuit Judge 

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