Court Opinion

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
Filed 2/4/97
                     TENTH CIRCUIT

ANDRES FLORES,

      Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

BURL McCULLAR; DOCTOR NEFELD;
CASE MANAGER NELSEN; THE NURSES
WHO TREATED PLAINTIFF AT THE
COLORADO TERRITORIAL CORREC-
TIONAL FACILITY INFIRMARY, named as
                                                   No. 96-1195
Nurses in Whom I Was Under the Care of at
                                               (D.C. No. 96--S-123)
Colorado Territorial Correctional Infirmary,
                                                    (D. Colo.)
and ALL UNKNOWN NAMED COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE DISCI-
PLINARY ACTIONS RELATED TO THIS
COMPLAINT, named as All Department of
Corrections Officers Involved in the Disci-
plinary Actions Relating To This Complaints
[sic] Not Known at This Time, in their
personal capacities,

      Defendant-Appellees.
                        ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

Before SEYMOUR, Chief Judge, PORFILIO and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

      After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined

unanimously to honor the parties’ request for a decision on the briefs without oral

argument. See Fed. R. App. P. Submitted without oral argument.

      Plaintiff Andres Flores appeals the dismissal of his civil rights complaint

under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prison officials and medical personnel. Mr.

Flores alleges that defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical

needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The district court dismissed the petition as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d).

      We have reviewed Mr. Flores’ amended complaint, and we agree with the

district court that the claim of an Eighth Amendment violation is frivolous.

Contrary to Mr. Flores’ assertion, the district court was not required to order a

Martinez report pursuant to Martinez v. Aaron, 570 F.2d 317 (10th Cir. 1978),

      *
       This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the
doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. The court
generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order
and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions 10th Cir. R. 36.3.

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before it dismissed the case when Mr. Flores’ complaint established that

significant medical treatment was provided him by the prison.

      We AFFIRM the judgment of the district court substantially for the reasons

stated in the Order of Dismissal filed May 7, 1996. The mandate shall issue

forthwith.

                                      ENTERED FOR THE COURT

                                      Stephanie K. Seymour
                                      Chief Judge

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