Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley, Warden, of Joseph Harp's Correctional Center, Respondent- Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley, Warden Unknown Named Warden of Jess Dunn Correctional Center Gary Maynard, Director for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley, Warden, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. State of Oklahoma Secretary of Health and Human Services, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley, Warden, Joseph Harp Correctional Center Gary Maynard, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections State of Oklahoma, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Sam Preston, Unit Manager Jack Cowley, Warden, Joseph Harp Correctional Center, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley Joann Shepard, Health Administrator D. Bradley, Dental Assistant Dr. R.L. Warren, Dentist, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley, Warden Gary Maynard, Director, D.O.C. Henry Bellmon, Oklahoma State Governor Robert MacY District Attorney Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Members Clarence Harkins, Jr. Augusta E. Mann, Marzee Douglass, Carl B. Hamm, Farrell Hatch, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. State of Oklahoma William F. Yeager, Warden Gary F. Maynard, Director for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Bernie Bishop, Principal and Leisure Library Supervisor Janice Brewer, Law Librarian, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Bernie Bishop, Supervisor William F. Yeager, Warden, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. William F. Yeager, Warden John Wilson, Unit Manager Sergeant Wheats, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. William F. Yeager, Warden John S. Wilson, Unit Manager G.D. Lowe, Property- Officer, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Mark Shipman, Correctional Case Manager 2cd

872 F.2d 342
CourtCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
DecidedApril 11, 1989
Docket88-8039
StatusPublished

This text of 872 F.2d 342 (Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley, Warden, of Joseph Harp's Correctional Center, Respondent- Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley, Warden Unknown Named Warden of Jess Dunn Correctional Center Gary Maynard, Director for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley, Warden, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. State of Oklahoma Secretary of Health and Human Services, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley, Warden, Joseph Harp Correctional Center Gary Maynard, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections State of Oklahoma, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Sam Preston, Unit Manager Jack Cowley, Warden, Joseph Harp Correctional Center, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley Joann Shepard, Health Administrator D. Bradley, Dental Assistant Dr. R.L. Warren, Dentist, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley, Warden Gary Maynard, Director, D.O.C. Henry Bellmon, Oklahoma State Governor Robert MacY District Attorney Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Members Clarence Harkins, Jr. Augusta E. Mann, Marzee Douglass, Carl B. Hamm, Farrell Hatch, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. State of Oklahoma William F. Yeager, Warden Gary F. Maynard, Director for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Bernie Bishop, Principal and Leisure Library Supervisor Janice Brewer, Law Librarian, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Bernie Bishop, Supervisor William F. Yeager, Warden, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. William F. Yeager, Warden John Wilson, Unit Manager Sergeant Wheats, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. William F. Yeager, Warden John S. Wilson, Unit Manager G.D. Lowe, Property- Officer, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Mark Shipman, Correctional Case Manager 2cd) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley, Warden, of Joseph Harp's Correctional Center, Respondent- Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley, Warden Unknown Named Warden of Jess Dunn Correctional Center Gary Maynard, Director for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley, Warden, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. State of Oklahoma Secretary of Health and Human Services, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley, Warden, Joseph Harp Correctional Center Gary Maynard, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections State of Oklahoma, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Sam Preston, Unit Manager Jack Cowley, Warden, Joseph Harp Correctional Center, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley Joann Shepard, Health Administrator D. Bradley, Dental Assistant Dr. R.L. Warren, Dentist, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Jack Cowley, Warden Gary Maynard, Director, D.O.C. Henry Bellmon, Oklahoma State Governor Robert MacY District Attorney Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Members Clarence Harkins, Jr. Augusta E. Mann, Marzee Douglass, Carl B. Hamm, Farrell Hatch, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. State of Oklahoma William F. Yeager, Warden Gary F. Maynard, Director for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Bernie Bishop, Principal and Leisure Library Supervisor Janice Brewer, Law Librarian, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Bernie Bishop, Supervisor William F. Yeager, Warden, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. William F. Yeager, Warden John Wilson, Unit Manager Sergeant Wheats, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. William F. Yeager, Warden John S. Wilson, Unit Manager G.D. Lowe, Property- Officer, Raymond Herschel Johnson, Sr. v. Mark Shipman, Correctional Case Manager 2cd, 872 F.2d 342 (10th Cir. 1989).

Opinion

872 F.2d 342

Raymond Herschel JOHNSON, Sr., Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
Jack COWLEY, Warden, of Joseph Harp's Correctional Center,
et al., Respondent- Appellee.
Raymond Herschel JOHNSON, Sr., Petitioner,
v.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the WESTERN DISTRICT OF
OKLAHOMA, Respondent.
Raymond Herschel JOHNSON, Sr., Petitioner,
v.
Jack COWLEY, Warden; Unknown Named Warden of Jess Dunn
Correctional Center; Gary Maynard, Director for
the Oklahoma Department of Corrections,
Respondents.
Raymond Herschel JOHNSON, Sr., Petitioner,
v.
Jack COWLEY, Warden, Respondent.
Raymond Herschel JOHNSON, Sr., Petitioner,
v.
STATE OF OKLAHOMA; Secretary of Health and Human Services,
Respondents.
Raymond Herschel JOHNSON, Sr., Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
Jack COWLEY, Warden, Joseph Harp Correctional Center; Gary
Maynard, Director, Oklahoma Department of
Corrections; State of Oklahoma,
Respondents-Appellees.
Raymond Herschel JOHNSON, Sr., Petitioner,
v.
Sam PRESTON, Unit Manager; Jack Cowley, Warden, Joseph Harp
Correctional Center, Respondents.
Raymond Herschel JOHNSON, Sr., Petitioner,
v.
Jack COWLEY; Joann Shepard, Health Administrator; D.
Bradley, Dental Assistant; Dr. R.L. Warren,
Dentist, Respondents.
Raymond Herschel JOHNSON, Sr., Petitioner,
v.
Jack COWLEY, Warden; Gary Maynard, Director, D.O.C.; Henry
Bellmon, Oklahoma State Governor; Robert Macy, District
Attorney; Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Members;
Clarence Harkins, Jr.; Augusta E. Mann, Marzee Douglass,
Carl B. Hamm, Farrell Hatch, Respondents.
Raymond Herschel JOHNSON, Sr., Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
STATE OF OKLAHOMA; William F. Yeager, Warden; Gary F.
Maynard, Director for the Oklahoma Department of
Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.
Raymond Herschel JOHNSON, Sr., Petitioner,
v.
Bernie BISHOP, Principal and Leisure Library Supervisor;
Janice Brewer, Law Librarian, Respondents.
Raymond Herschel JOHNSON, Sr., Petitioner,
v.
Bernie BISHOP, Supervisor; William F. Yeager, Warden, Respondents.
Raymond Herschel JOHNSON, Sr., Petitioner,
v.
William F. YEAGER, Warden; John Wilson, Unit Manager;
Sergeant Wheats, Respondents.
Raymond Herschel JOHNSON, Sr., Petitioner,
v.
William F. YEAGER, Warden; John S. Wilson, Unit Manager;
G.D. Lowe, Property- Officer, Respondents.
Raymond Herschel JOHNSON, Sr., Petitioner,
v.
Mark SHIPMAN, Correctional Case Manager 2CD, Respondent.

Nos. 87-8065, 87-8070, 88-8001, 88-8017, 88-8027, 88-8039,
88-8040, 88-8077, 88-8085, 89-505, 89-511, 89-512,
89-513, 89-515 and 89-516.

United States Court of Appeals,
Tenth Circuit.

April 11, 1989.

ORDER

Before TACHA, BALDOCK, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges.

By these cases, commenced in the court's original jurisdiction, petitioner alleges numerous petty grievances against prison officials. In each case, petitioner seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis.

The underlying pleadings are vague, rambling, replete with legalistic jargon, and characteristic of numerous papers filed previously by petitioner in other cases. Since 1980, petitioner has commenced fifty-four cases in the court's original jurisdiction, in addition to some thirty-three appeals he has filed (See Appendix A).

The subject matter of these cases is conspicuously inappropriate for this court's original jurisdiction. For that reason they are frivolous. Those who invoke the court's jurisdiction are charged with both the knowledge of the limits of that jurisdiction and the rules of procedure. We conclude that petitioner has long engaged in a pattern of litigation activity which is manifestly abusive. Appropriate restriction on a litigant's ability to commence abusive litigation in forma pauperis is within the inherent powers of the court. In re McDonald, --- U.S. ----, 109 S.Ct. 993, 103 L.Ed.2d 158 (1989); Cotner v. Hopkins, 795 F.2d 900 (10th Cir.1986).

Because petitioner has repeatedly abused the original jurisdiction of this court, we direct the clerk not to accept further petitions from petitioner for extraordinary writs which allege only grievances against prison officials unless the required docketing fee is paid and all other rules of procedure have been satisfied.

It is further ordered that petitioner will be allowed fifteen days from the date of this order to pay the required filing fee in each of the above cases. If petitioner fails to pay the required filing fee within the time allowed, these cases will be dismissed without further notice.

APPENDIX A
Termination      Case Nos.  Opposing Party       Case Type          Disposition
  Date
08/15/80         801596    Meachum              Appeal             Dismissed
02/26/81         801034    Parke                Appeal             Reversed
05/04/83         822377    Leo                  Appeal             Affirmed
02/16/84         832631    Murphy, Warden       Appeal             Dismissed
03/15/84         848006/   West, Warden         Mandamus           Denied
                 841355
09/27/84         848039    U.S. Social          Mandamus           Denied
                              Security
11/01/84         841692    Gobel                Appeal             Affirmed
11/14/84         848049/   USDCWD/Okla.        Mandamus           Denied
                 84/2576
11/27/84         841466    Franklin             Appeal             Dismissed
03/04/85         842143    Brewer               Appeal             Affirmed
03/06/85         842364    Richards             Appeal             Affirmed
04/10/85         858010/   Brown, Warden        Mandamus           Denied
                 851534
07/10/85         841673    Angelone             Appeal             Dismissed
07/12/85         858021/   West, Warden         Mandamus           Denied
                 852033
08/26/85         858047/   USDCWD/Okla.        Mandamus           Denied
                 852276
10/01/85         858040/   Brown, Warden        Mandamus           Denied
                 852451
10/25/85         851827    Brown, Warden        Appeal             Dismissed
11/25/85         851820    Kirkpatrick          Appeal             Dismissed
12/06/85         842153    McDaniel             Appeal             Affirmed
02/24/86         852449    Brown, Warden        Appeal             Dismissed
04/02/86         868018/   WD/Okla.             Mandamus           Denied
                 861502
04/14/86         868020/   WD/Okla.             Mandamus           Denied
                 861565
04/25/86         851762    Unknown Proprietor   Appeal             Affirmed
04/25/86         868025/   Secretary of HHS     Mandamus           Denied
                 861575
05/30/86         868040/   Barton               Mandamus           Denied
                 861804
06/02/86         868031/   Maynard, Warden      Mandamus           Denied
                 861816
06/02/86         868032/   Douglas, Warden      Mandamus           Denied
                 861818
06/02/86         868036/   USDC WD/Okla.        Mandamus           Denied
                 861814
06/20/86         868045/   USDC WD/Okla. 

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In Re McDonald
489 U.S. 180 (Supreme Court, 1989)
Cotner v. Hopkins
795 F.2d 900 (Tenth Circuit, 1986)
Johnson v. Cowley
872 F.2d 342 (Tenth Circuit, 1989)

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