Court Opinion

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                                                  United States Court of Appeals
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS       Tenth Circuit

                           FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT                      November 6, 2014

                                                                     Elisabeth A. Shumaker
                                                                         Clerk of Court
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

             Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.                                                        No. 14-8034
                                                (D.C. No. 1:12-CR-00061-NDF-1)
BOBBY JACK JENKINS,                                         (D. Wyo.)

             Defendant - Appellant.

                            ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

Before HOLMES, BACHARACH, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.

      Bobby Jack Jenkins, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se,1 appeals from the

district court’s order denying his motion for free transcripts and records. We dismiss

the appeal as frivolous.

*
      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)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore
ordered submitted without oral argument. This order and judgment is not binding
precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral
estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value consistent with
Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.
1
      We construe Mr. Jenkins’ pro se filings liberally. See Garza v. Davis,
596 F.3d 1198, 1201 n.2 (10th Cir. 2010).
      Mr. Jenkins was convicted of two counts of making interstate communications

with the intent to injure in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c) and sentenced to fifty-one

months in prison. We affirmed. See United States v. Jenkins, 540 F. App’x 893, 895

(10th Cir. 2014). Less than two and a half months later, he asked the district court to

provide him with free copies of the transcripts and record from his criminal

proceedings. He indicated that he was appealing to the Supreme Court. The district

court denied the motion, finding that he had received a free copy of the transcripts for

his direct criminal appeal and that the transcripts and records were provided to and

were available in this court. He appealed.

      Mr. Jenkins makes only a bare assertion that he has a right to a free copy of his

transcripts for Supreme Court proceedings. There is no indication that he actually

has a petition for a writ of certiorari pending in the Supreme Court and the time for

filing one has expired.

      The balance of Mr. Jenkins’ assertions are conclusory and incomprehensible

references to false imprisonment, unreasonable searches and wiretaps without a

warrant, violation of his civil rights, wrongful taking of his property by the

government, wrongful eviction of his ill mother from low-income housing, the right

to bear arms, Wyoming Workers Compensation, violation of his Eighth Amendment

right to medical treatment, and his attending trial in jail clothing.2 None of these

2
      For relief, Mr. Jenkins requests that this court dismiss his case, grant him a
new trial, award him $500 million in damages, file criminal charges against
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assertions even plausibly suggests that the district court erred in denying a free

transcript. Many do not even concern his criminal conviction.

      Mr. Jenkins cites to Ruark v. Gunter, 958 F.2d 318 (10th Cir. 1992)

(per curiam), as authority for a transcript. Ruark addresses the right to a free

transcript to pursue collateral relief. Id. at 319. To the extent Mr. Jenkins intends to

seek 28 U.S.C. § 2255 relief, he fails to show that he would present a non-frivolous

claim. See Ruark, 958 F.2d at 319; see also 28 U.S.C. § 753(f) (providing for free

transcripts for § 2255 litigants proceeding in forma pauperis if court certifies that

suit or appeal is not frivolous and that transcript is needed to decide issues

presented).

      Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal as legally frivolous. Also, we deny

Mr. Jenkins’ request for appointment of counsel.

                                                Entered for the Court

                                                Carolyn B. McHugh
                                                Circuit Judge

government officials, require the government to return his property, and give him
back his gun rights.

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