Unpublished Dispositionmichael Wayne Long, Plaintiff-appellant v. Kentucky State Penitentiary; Kentucky State Reformatory;luther Luckett Correctional Complex; David H. Bland;department of Corrections; Kentucky Correctionalpsychiatric Center; G.h. Freeman; Doris Gregory; Warrencounty Jail; Governor Wallace Wilkinson;, Defendants-appellees, 894 F.2d 1336 (6th Cir. 1990)

Before WELLFORD and RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judges, and THOMAS G. HULL, Chief District Judge.^* 

ORDER

This case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 9(a), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination of the brief and record, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a).

Plaintiff Long, a Kentucky prisoner, filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking injunctive relief and monetary damages for various claimed constitutional deprivations. The district court ultimately dismissed the case and this appeal followed. Plaintiff has submitted a brief in his own behalf.

Upon consideration, we find that the district court properly dismissed the case at bar. Long's complaint is a rambling narrative of prior litigation (Kendrick v. Bland, 541 F. Supp. 21 (W.D. Ky. 1981)), as well as conclusory allegations of eighth amendment violations. Vague, conclusory allegations of unconstitutional conduct will not support a civil rights claim. Gutierrez v. Lynch, 826 F.2d 1534, 1538-39 (6th Cir. 1987).

Accordingly, the district court's judgment is affirmed. Rule 9(b) (5), Rules of the Sixth Circuit.