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Parties Involved:
Steven J. Davies
Appellee
Ray Roberts
Appellee
William F. Schlicher
Appellant

Document Text:

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FILED 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Unit.ed States Court of Appeals Tenth circuit 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT JUN 1 21990 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

WILLIAM F. SCHLICHER, 

Petitioner-Appellant, 

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v. No. 89-3336 

STEVEN J. DAVIES, and 

(D. C. No. 89-3227-S) 

(D. Kan.) 

RAY ROBERTS, 

Respondents-Appellees. 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before MCKAY, MOORE, 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(1); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. 

submitted without oral argument. 

The cause is therefore ordered 

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be 

for 

res 

This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall not 

cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, except 

purposes of establishing the doctrines of the .law of the case, 

judicata, or collateral estoppel. i0th Cir. R. 36.3. 

Appellate Case: 89-3336 Document: 010110036182 Date Filed: 06/12/1990 Page: 1 
Mr. Schlicher, an inmate in the Kansas State Penitentiary 

appeals the dismissal of his prose petition for a writ of habeas 

corpus. 

Mr. Schlicher, in this action, refers to a wide variety of 

complaints that have occurred over his nine years of confinement. 

Mr. Schlicher's complaint and various filings border on being 

incomprehensible. His pleadings set forth the Declaration of 

Independence and complain that his legal volumes were "viciously 

dumped on the floor," that provisions should be made ''for storage 

of a large amount of legal material," that certain records 

pertaining to his moves are inaccurate, and numerous other 

grievances. 

The district court summarized Mr. Schlicher's pleadings by 

stating: "[P]etitioner refers to a wide variety of complaints .... 

One of the main complaints appears to be petitioner's continuous 

struggle with KSP personnel over the amount of legal materials 

that may be kept in a cell." The district court determined that 

the pleadings fail to substantiate any claim of constitutional 

deprivation or to challenge the fact or duration of confinement, 

and dismissed the complaint as frivolous pursuant to 28 u.s.c. 

§ 1915(d). 

On appeal, Mr. Schlicher asserts that the defendants' answer 

contained a "bald lie"; that defendants "lied and misrepresented 

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in gross dishonor" and urges us to do unto others as we would have 

others do unto us. 

We have carefully considered the record on appeal and Mr. 

Schlicher's brief and conclude that Mr. Schlicher makes no 

argument on the law or facts in support of a claim for relief 

under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. We furthermore conclude that the appeal 

should be dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). 

We therefore order the appeal DISMISSED pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915(d). 

Liberally construing Mr. Schlicher's complaint, as we must, 

we note the general thrust of his complaint is prison conditions. 

We therefore also construe the complaint as one founded upon 42 

u.s.c. § 1983 and reach the same result for the same reasons. 

The mandate shall issue for t hwith. 

Entered for the Court: 

WADE BRORBY 

Circuit Judge 

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