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Parties Involved:
David Cazalet
Appellee
Hiawatha Daily World
Appellee
Forrest Delayne Martinson
Appellant
Joy Nikes
Appellee

Document Text:

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FILED 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

Uctited States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

JUL 12 1990 

FORREST DELAYNE MARTINSON, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v. 

HIAWATHA DAILY WORLD, DAVID CAZALET, 

and JOY NIKES, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

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) 

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&OBERT L HOECKER 

Clerk 

) No. 89-3225 

) (D.C. No. 89-3233-S) 

) ( D. Kan. ) 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before ANDERSON, BARRETT, and BALDOCK, 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. 

s ubmitted without oral argument. 

The case is therefore ordered 

* 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 

t he case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

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I 

This matter is before the court on appellant's motion for 

leave to proceed on appeal without prepayment of costs or fees. 

Plaintiff brought suit against a local newspaper in Hiawatha, 

Kansas, and two individuals, apparently reporters 

newspaper, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

for the 

Plaintiff was tried in state court on felony charges arising 

from an incident in which he ordered a lessee and his family to 

move from premises they were in the process of vacating. During 

the incident, plaintiff produced a semiautomatic rifle and ordered 

the lessee off the property while threatening to blow up his car. 

A jury found plaintiff guilty of communicating a terroristic 

threat and found him innocent of a charge of aggravated assault. 

Plaintiff's§ 1983 suit concerned articles written about this 

incident and the trial. He alleged that the story was "blatantly 

inaccurate" and implied that he was a survivalist which caused 

residents in the area to believe he was a "radical type." 

The district court dismissed the suit pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915(d). The court held that plaintiff had failed to show that 

defendants were acting under color of state law and that their 

conduct had deprived him of guaranteed federal rights as required 

to state a claim of action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The court 

denied plaintiff leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. 

In order to succeed on his motion, an appellant must show 

both: 

1. A financial inability to pay the required filing fees 

and 

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2. The existence of a reasoned, nonfrivolous argument on 

the law and facts in support of the issues raised on 

appeal. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a); Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438 

(1962); Ragan v. Cox, 305 F.2d 58 (10th Cir. 1962). 

We conclude that appellant can make no rational argument on 

the l aw or facts in support of the issues raised on appeal, as 

req u ired by paragraph two above. Therefore, the motion for leave 

to proceed on appeal without prepayment of costs or fees is 

denied. 

It is further ordered as follows: 

1. The filing fee is waived; 

2. The appeal is DISMISSED because no rational argument can 

be ma de; and 

3. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

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