Legal Opinion
Cotner v. Hopkins
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1986No. Nos. 85-2431, 85-2432PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Per curiam
These matters come on for consideration in accordance with 10th Cir. R. 9(e) and Fed.R.App.P. 34(a). Plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed on appeal in forma pauper-is is granted.
Plaintiff, while an inmate at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, filed the underlying 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights actions. In the first case (No. 85-2431), plaintiff alleged that the prison authorities engaged in a conspiracy to violate inmates’ civil and constitutional rights by using various schemes to: (1) endanger the health and safety of the prisoners; (2) carry on an illegal criminal enterprise for the…
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