FILED
United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
December 6, 2011
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSElisabeth A. Shumaker
Clerk of Court
TENTH CIRCUIT
EBRAHIM ADKINS,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v. No. 11-3225
(D.C. No. 5:11-CV-03053-SAC)
RICK ARMSTRONG, Chief of Police, (D. Kansas)
Kansas City, Kansas Police Department,
in his dual capacity; GREG LAWSON,
Internal Affairs, Kansas City, Kansas
Police Department, in his dual capacity;
MIKE MCLIN, Vehicles Administrator,
Kansas Department of Revenue, in his
dual capacity; JOHN SMITH, Vehicles
Administrator, Kansas Department of
Revenue, in his dual capacity; AARON
ROBERTS, Municipal Court Judge,
Wyandotte County Courthouse, in his dual
capacity; JEROME GORMAN, District
Attorney, Wyandotte County Courthouse,
in his dual capacity,
Defendants-Appellees.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT*
Before O’BRIEN, McKAY, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.
*
This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of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.
After examining Plaintiff’s brief and the appellate record, this panel has
determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist in the
determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). This
case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.
Plaintiff Ebrahim Adkins appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his § 1983
complaint against various state officials. In his complaint, Plaintiff alleged that his
constitutional rights were violated by the Kansas City Municipal Court’s refusal to file
motions he submitted in four cases. The district court concluded that Plaintiff’s
complaint lacked sufficient factual support to state any plausible claim against any
defendant, and the court also noted that some of the damages sought in the complaint
were barred by various immunities. The district court granted Plaintiff an opportunity to
file an amended complaint addressing these deficiencies. Although Plaintiff filed an
amended complaint, it was again devoid of specific factual allegations, containing only
conclusory claims and citations to legal authorities. The district court accordingly
dismissed the complaint for the same reasons stated in its earlier order.
After thoroughly reviewing Plaintiff’s brief and the record on appeal, we see no
error in the district court’s rulings. We therefore AFFIRM the dismissal of Plaintiff’s
complaint for substantially the same reasons stated by the district court. We DENY
Petitioner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal and instruct him to
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immediately pay the remaining unpaid balance of his appellate filing fee.
ENTERED FOR THE COURT
Monroe G. McKay
Circuit Judge
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