F I L E D
United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
JUL 18 1997
TENTH CIRCUIT
PATRICK FISHER
Clerk
STEVE DUNCAN,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
KARL SANNICKS, Secretary of
Corrections; JOHN SHANKS, Warden,
No. 97-2092
Penitentiary of New Mexico; DONALD
(D.C. No. CIV-96-1182)
HOOVER, Classification Bureau
(District of New Mexico)
Chief/Interstate Compact; MANUEL
ROMERO, Director of Adult Prisons;
GARY MEIR, Warden, South Unit;
GILBERT GARCIA, Program Director, in
their individual and official capacities,
Defendants-Appellees.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT*
Before SEYMOUR, Chief Judge, PORFILIO, Circuit Judge, and MURPHY, Circuit
Judge.
*
This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of
law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. This court generally disfavors the
citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order and judgment may be cited under
the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3.
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. The case is therefore ordered
submitted without oral argument.
Steve Duncan appeals the order of the district court dismissing his civil rights
complaint under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim and under 28 U.S.C. §
1915(e)(2) on the ground of frivolousness. We agree the complaint fails to state a claim
for substantially the same reasons given by the district court. Although Mr. Duncan
believes the district court erred because it referred to him as a “New Mexico inmate”
when in fact he is a transferee inmate from South Dakota, he merely indulges in
semantics. There is no doubt he is presently incarcerated in a penal facility of the State of
New Mexico and is an inmate of that institution by definition. Thus the district court’s
analysis is not erroneous.
AFFIRMED.
ENTERED FOR THE COURT
John C. Porfilio
Circuit Judge
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Duncan v. Sannicks
Combined Opinion