Coit v. Stancil

── Coit v. Stancil ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Date: April 23, 2026 Category: General Appellate Case: 25-1048 Document: 20-1 Date Filed: 04/23/2026 Page: 1 FILED United States Court of Appeals UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Tenth Circuit FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT April 23, 2026 _________________________________ Christopher M. Wolpert Clerk of Court JILL COIT, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. No. 25-1048 (D.C. No. 1:23-CV-02835-LTB-RTG) ANDRE STANCIL; RYAN LONG; (D. Colo.) CAPTAIN CERBO; LT. RAY; JANET SMITH; A. JACOBSON-SANCHEZ; ERIC JACOBI; CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH; HSA NICOLE PRICE; N.P. DEB REILLY; JANE AND JOHN DOES, Defendants - Appellees. _________________________________ ORDER AND JUDGMENT * _________________________________ Before HARTZ, EID, and ROSSMAN, Circuit Judges. _________________________________ Jill Coit, a state prisoner at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility (DWCF) in Colorado, proceeding pro se, 1 appeals the district court’s dismissal, After examining the brief and appellate record, this panel has determined * unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist in the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1. Because Coit proceeds pro se, we construe her arguments liberally, but we 1 “cannot take on the responsibility of serving as [her] attorney in constructing  Appellate Case: 25-1048 Document: 20-1 Date Filed: 04/23/2026 Page: 2 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B), of her fourth amended complaint, asserting 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims and seeking money damages against various prison officials in their official capacities. We exercise jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm. I Ms. Coit filed a pro se prisoner complaint alleging DWCF guard Sergeant Joshua Lang sexually assaulted her on October 31, 2021 and subsequently died by suicide. She also alleged prison staff covered up the assault, impaired her ability to hold Sgt. Lang responsible, or retaliated against her for reporting it. She also alleged prison staff denied her access to dental care, treatment for medical conditions, and religious materials. She filed the complaint seeking leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP), which the district court granted. She filed an amended complaint shortly thereafter. Screening the amended complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915, 1915A, and 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(c), the magistrate judge identified several deficiencies, including that the defendants had Eleventh Amendment immunity from the official-capacity claims and that the amended complaint as a whole failed to comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 8. Accordingly, the magistrate judge ordered Ms. Coit to file a second amended complaint. Ms. Coit filed a second amended complaint, but the magistrate judge identified similar deficiencies in it and therefore ordered Ms. Coit to file a third. The arguments and searching the record.” Garrett v. Selby Connor Maddux & Janer, 425 F