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
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.
Opinion
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
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