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Parties Involved:
Carol Boxberger
Appellee
Gary A. Furgason
Appellee
Robert Harrison
Appellee
Robert Hendricks
Appellee
William Frank Schlicher
Appellant

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS . FI L~Rppeah: Umtl!d States c· .

1 TENTH CIRCUIT Tentb ircw 

MAY 1 t 1993 

WILLIAM FRANK SCHLICHER, ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v. 

GARY A. FURGASON, CAROL BOXBERGER, 

ROBERT HARRISON, ROBERT HENDRICKS, 

No. 93-3041 

(D.C. No. 92-3312-DES) 

(Dist. of Kan. ) 

Defendants-Appellees. 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before McKAY, SETH and BARRETT, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and the appellate record, this 

panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not 

materially assist the determination of this appeal. ~ Fed. R. 

App. P. 34(a); Tenth Cir. R. 34.1.9. The cause is therefore 

ordered submitted without oral argument. 

William Frank Schlicher, appearing~~. appeals from an 

order of the district court dismissing his civil rights complaint 

and denying him all relief requested. Finding Schlicher's appeal 

legally frivolous and not taken in good faith, the district court 

denied Schlicher leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. 

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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. 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

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In order to succeed on his motion to proceed without 

prepayment of fees and costs, Schlicher must show both the 

financial inability to pay the required filing fees and the 

existence of a reasoned, non-frivolous argument on the law and 

facts in support of the issues raised on appeal. See 28 U.S.C. § 

1915(d); Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438 (1962); Ragan v. 

Cox, 305 F.2d 58 (10th Cir. 1962). We affirm the district court's 

denial of leave to proceed in forma pauperis. However, in order 

to reach the merits, we grant the petition for a certificate of 

probable cause. 

Schlicher, an inmate in the custody of the Kansas Department 

of Corrections, filed his complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 

alleging that prison officials violated his constitutional rights 

by various acts of mail-tampering. Schlicher mailed a letter from 

the Lansing Correctional Facility to an individual at the 

Ellsworth Correctional Facility. The Ellsworth mail officer 

removed cardboard animal cartoons which were .glued to the back of 

the envelope and returned the correspondence to the Lansing 

Correctional Facility, advising that the attachments violated 

Kansas Administrative Regulation 44-12-601(m). 

Upon consideration of Schlicher's allegations and a report 

prepared by the Ellsworth Correctional Facility in accordance with 

Martinez v. Aaron; 570 F ~2d 317 (10th Cir. 1978), the district 

court found •no violation of a protected right. Because illegal 

drugs have in the past been affixed under "stickers or seals," the 

corrections j • officials exercised appropriate discretion in 

enforcing the regulation and r eturning Schlicher's correspondence. 

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On appeal, Schlicher contends that information contained in 

the Martinez report constitutes a fraud upon the court in that 

Appellees unconstitutionally censored his correspondence, removing 

portions thereof without notice to him in violation of his due 

process and equal protection rights and his right to redress. He 

also contends that the district court failed to consider the facts 

set forth in both his Complaint and Motion and Brief to Vacate. 

We have reviewed the record and are satisfied that the 

district court properly considered Schlicher's petition and 

correctly found that Schlicher failed to allege facts constituting 

a denial of his constitutional rights. We AFFIRM the district 

court's Order dismissing Schlicher's civil rights action 

substantially for the reasons set forth in such Order, dated 

January 19, 1993, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a 

part hereof. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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Entered for the Court: 

James E. Barrett, 

Senior United States 

Circuit Judge 

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