Long v. Kentucky State Penitentiary

894 F.2d 1336, 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 1226, 1990 WL 6889

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Decided: January 31, 1990
• Docket: 89-5932
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

894 F.2d 1336

Unpublished Disposition
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Michael Wayne LONG, Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
KENTUCKY STATE PENITENTIARY; Kentucky State Reformatory;
Luther Luckett Correctional Complex; David H. Bland;
Department of Corrections; Kentucky Correctional
Psychiatric Center; G.H. Freeman; Doris Gregory; Warren
County Jail; Governor Wallace Wilkinson;, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 89-5932.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Jan. 31, 1990.

Before WELLFORD and RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judges, and THOMAS G. HULL, Chief District Judge.*

ORDER

This case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 9(a), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination of the brief and record, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed.R.App.P. 34(a).

Plaintiff Long, a Kentucky prisoner, filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 seeking injunctive relief and monetary damages for various claimed constitutional deprivations. The district court ultimately dismissed the case and this appeal followed. Plaintiff has submitted a brief in his own behalf.

Upon consideration, we find that the district court properly dismissed the case at bar. Long's complaint is a rambling narrative of prior litigation (Kendrick v. Bland, 541 F.Supp. 21 (W.D.Ky.1981)), as well as conclusory allegations of eighth amendment violations. Vague, conclusory allegations of unconstitutional conduct will not support a civil rights claim. Gutierrez v. Lynch, 826 F.2d 1534, 1538-39 (6th Cir.1987).

Accordingly, the district court's judgment is affirmed. Rule 9(b)(5), Rules of the Sixth Circuit.

* The Honorable Thomas G. Hull, Chief U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, sitting by designation