HENRIKSEN v. BENTLEY

No. 79-2143.

644 F.2d 852 (1981)

Chester Otto HENRIKSEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Honorable Judge Vernon G. BENTLEY, of the Second Judicial Circuit, and Phil Krahn, Clerk of the Court, Second Judicial District In and For the State of Wyoming, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard D. Munker, Federal Public Defender, Wichita, Kan., for plaintiff-appellant.

Allen C. Johnson, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, Wyo., for defendants-appellees.

Before BARRETT, DOYLE and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

Chester Otto Henriksen, a Wyoming state prisoner, seeks review of the dismissal of his cause of action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against a state district court judge and clerk, both of the Second Judicial District Court in Albany County, Wyoming.

In his complaint, Henriksen alleged that he mailed a certified letter, containing "legal mail" to the state district court clerk's office. This letter was received...

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