UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

RICKEY LAVERN SHEPPARD,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

ALVIN MATHESON, Highway Patrolman; MAX BARRETT, Deputy Sheriff; ROBERT BALLOUN, Sheriff Russell County; N. JEANNE BECKER, Magistrate Judge of Russell County Court; PETER R. WILLIAMS, Attorney; MERL NEY, Deputy Sheriff; JERRY E. DRISCOLL, Attorney,

Defendants-Appellees.

No. 98-3010

(D.C. No. 96-CV-3479-GTV)

(D. Kan.)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

Before PORFILIO, KELLY, and HENRY, Circuit Judges.

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.1

Plaintiff filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging several violations of his civil rights in connection with his arrest. The district court dismissed the claims. Upon de novo review, see Chemical Weapons Working Group, Inc. v. United States Dep't of the Army, 111 F.3d 1485, 1490 (10th Cir. 1997),2 we AFFIRM for the reasons cited by the district court in its December 11, 1997, order. This appeal is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon

which relief can be granted for the purpose of counting "prior occasions" under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).

Entered for the Court

John C. Porfilio

Circuit Judge