UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT

GEORGE MICHAEL CURLEY,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

vs.

NORMAN MICK, Previous Administrator, Otero County Detention Center; VIC JENKINS, Administrator, Otero County Detention Center; VIRGINIA BLANSETT, Lieutenant, Otero County Detention Center; EARNIE GRANODOS, Sergeant, Otero County Detention Center; RANDY BOOKOUT, Sergeant, Otero County Detention Center; ART GRAMMONT, Medical Officer, Otero County Detention Center; JAGDEV SINGH, Medical Doctor, Otero County Detention Center, all defts sued in their individual and official capacities,

Defendants - Appellees.

No. 99-2237

(	D.C. No. CIV-98-721-JP/RLP)

(D.N.M.)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

Before BRORBY, KELLY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.**

Plaintiff-Appellant George Curley, a state inmate appearing pro se, appeals from the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim. The district court dismissed the claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) as barred by principles of res judicata (claim preclusion) and collateral estoppel (issue preclusion). Our jurisdiction arises under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm substantially for the reasons given by the district court, I R. doc. 12, noting that Mr. Curley is barred by claim preclusion given the state district court's decision on the merits on his § 1983 claims. See Curley v. Jenkins, No. 98-0171 LH/LFG, Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss filed March 19, 1998 (doc. 9) (containing state court pleadings including order granting motion to dismiss).

AFFIRMED.

Entered for the Court

Paul J. Kelly, Jr.

Circuit Judge