F I L E D
United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
OCT 31 2001
FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
PATRICK FISHER
Clerk
RICHARD L. VAN WINKLE,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v. No. 00-8071
(D.C. No. 98-CV-160-J)
STATE OF WYOMING; JIM (D. Wyo.)
GERINGER, individually and in his
official capacity as Governor of
Wyoming; THOMAS C. CAMPBELL,
individually and in his official
capacity as Carbon County Attorney;
JERRY COLSON, individually and in
his official capacity as Carbon County
Sheriff,
Defendants-Appellees.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT *
Before HENRY , PORFILIO , and MURPHY , Circuit Judges.
*
This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the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 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)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is
therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.
Plaintiff, a prisoner of the State of Washington, brought this civil rights
case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging the deprivation of his constitutional rights
by various officials of the State of Wyoming and Carbon County. The alleged
deprivations stem from plaintiff’s extradition from Washington to Wyoming to
face charges of incest. The district court granted summary judgment to
defendants, and plaintiff appeals. We affirm.
We review the district court’s grant of summary
judgment de novo, applying the same legal standard used
by the district court. Summary judgment is appropriate
“if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories,
and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if
any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any
material fact and that the moving party is entitled to
judgment as a matter of law.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c).
When applying this standard, we view the evidence and
draw reasonable inferences therefrom in the light most
favorable to the nonmoving party.
Simms v. Oklahoma ex rel Dep’t of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Servs. , 165
F.3d 1321, 1326 (10th Cir. 1999) (citations omitted).
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Upon this review, we affirm the judgment of the district court for
substantially the same reasons as those contained in the order of that court dated
September 22, 2000.
The judgment of the United States District Court for the District of
Wyoming is AFFIRMED.
Entered for the Court
Robert H. Henry
Circuit Judge
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