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Parties Involved:
Janet Knudsen
Appellee
Elzo Rex Talbot
Appellee
Robert Henry Werner
Appellant

Document Text:

FIL .... v UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEAL@nited States Court of Appeal, 

Tenth Circuit 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

ROBERT HENRY WERNER, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v. 

JANET KNUDSEN, ELZO REX TALBOT, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

JAN 2 5 1993 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 92-4124 

(D.C. No. 92-CV-334 ) 

(D. Utah) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before MOORE, 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. The case is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

Plaintiff-Appellant Robert Henry Werner is a prisoner at the 

Utah State Prison ("USP"). Janet Knudsen and Elzo Talbot are 

officers at the USP . Mr. Werner appeals an order of the United 

States District Court for the District of Utah granting summary 

judgment for the defendants on his complaint in which he alleged 

that Knudsen and Talbot violated his constitutional rights by 

* 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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classifying the publication "Shaman's Drum" as a book rather than 

a periodical and by returning a "shaman supply catalogue" to the 

publisher, even though Werner had permission to receive that 

catalog. The district court relied on the Report and 

Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge. After de novo review, see 

Osgood v. State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co., 848 F.2d 141, 143 

(10th Cir. 1988), we find that the undisputed facts entitled the 

defendants to a judgment as a matter of law and therefore AFFIRM 

for substantially the reasons given by the district court and 

Magistrate. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

Deanell Reece Tacha 

Circuit Judge 

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