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Parties Involved:
Gary Maynard
Appellee
Ervin Pool
Appellee
Dan Reynolds
Appellee
Mike Taylor
Appellee
Joseph Arron Wells
Appellant
Luther Woods
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS United St&tf'.s ""1· U'~ of Appeda Tenth circuit 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

JOSEPH ARRON WELLS, ) 

) 

Plaintiff-Appellant, ) 

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v. ) 

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MIKE TAYLOR, LUTHER WOODS, ERVIN POOL, ) 

DAN REYNOLDS, GARY MAYNARD, ) 

) 

Defendants-Appellees. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

APR 2 21991 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 90-7016 

(D.C. No. 89-464-C) 

(E.D. Okla.) 

Before ANDERSON, TACHA, Circuit Judges, and KANE,** District 

Judge. 

**Honorable John L. .District Court for 

designation. 

Kane, Senior District Judge, United States 

the District of Colorado, sitting by 

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 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 estoppal. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

Appellate Case: 90-7016 Document: 010110034276 Date Filed: 04/22/1991 Page: 1 
1 Plaintiff appeals from a district court order that dismissed 

his 42 u.s.c. S 1983 action challenging a prison disciplinary 

proceeding in which he was found guilty of an attempted escape. 

Upon our review of the record, we conclude that the 

disciplinary proceeding comported with the due process 

requirements established in Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539 

(1974), and that the finding of guilty was properly supported by 

"some evidence," as required by Superintendent, Massachusetts 

Correctional Institution v. Hill, 472 U.S. 445 (1985). Plaintiff 

failed to assert a valid, meritorious claim for relief, and the 

district court properly dismissed the action accordingly. 

The judgment of the United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of Oklahoma is AFFIRMED. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

Entered for the Court 

John L. Kane 

Senior District Judge 

2 

Appellate Case: 90-7016 Document: 010110034276 Date Filed: 04/22/1991 Page: 2