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ED G A R M ILTO N TH O MPSO N,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
No. 07-3045
v.
(D. Kansas)
K A N SA S D EPA RTM EN T O F
C ORREC TIO N S; JO H N CO O LING,
Chief Records Clerk, Lansing
Correctional Facility; DAV ID R.
M CKUNE, W arden, Lansing
Correctional Facility; W ILLIAM L.
CUM M INGS, Correctional M anager &
Secretary of Corrections Designee;
JEFFERY L. COW GER, Counsel of
Record, Kansas Department of
Corrections,
(D.C. No.05-CV-3453-CM )
Defendants-Appellees.
After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined
unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of
This order and judgment is not binding precedent except under the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.
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C . Other C laim s
In addition, throughout his brief on appeal, M r. Thompson raises a litany of
undecipherable claims, including the district courts alleged partiality, its alleged
malicious deprivation of access to the courts, and the continued manifest injustice
M r. Thompson has endured at the hands of the state and federal courts. M r.
Thompsons attacks on the judiciary are insufficient to state colorable claims for
relief against the prison officials he has named as defendants. Although he has
not sued the judges about whom he now complains, we note that adverse rulings
alone are rarely sufficient to demonstrate bias, Liteky v. United States, 510 U.S.
540, 555 (1994), and that immunity applies even when the judge is accused of
acting maliciously and corruptly. Pierson v. Ray, 386 U.S. 547, 554, (1967).
W e also caution M r. Thompson that his pro se status is not a bar to the imposition
of sanctions. Haworth v. Royal (In re Haworth), 347 F.3d 1189, 1192 (10th Cir.
2003).
III. CONCLUSION
Accordingly, we AFFIRM the district courts grant of the defendants
m otion to dismiss. A ll pending motions are DENIED.
Entered for the Court,
Robert H. Henry
Circuit Judge
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