2012 Tenth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 501 - 1000 of 1326

United States v. Gonzales
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 10-7099
United States v. Shippley  
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1076

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Anthony Shippley served as the "Sergeant at Arms" for a chapter of the Mongols Motorcycle Club. After a massive nationwide investigation and "take down" of the club in 2008, Defendant was arrested on…

United States v. Buckley
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3298
McKinley v. Maddox
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6263
Celaya-Martinez v. Holder
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-9573
Thigpen v. Daniels
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1216
Mascarenas Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Albuquerque
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 12-2003
United States v. Salgado-Meza
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1044
United States v. Pena-Rodriguez
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1203
United States v. Taylor
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6054
Allison v. Boeing Laser Technical Service  
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 10-2237

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Jimmie Allison’s causes of action arose from conduct on Kirtland Air Force Base, a federal enclave established in 1954. Because Allison’s state law claims were based on legal theories created by…

WildEarth Guardians v. Public Service Company  
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1400

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant WildEarth Guardians sued Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo) pursuant to the Clean Air Act's citizen-suit provisions seeking civil penalties and an injunction to halt construction for a new…

Hooper v. Jones
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6202
United States v. Wilson
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1033
Getachew v. Google
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1237
Cozens v. Woodward County
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6019
United States v. Bishop
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6031
Gol TV v. Echostar  
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1435

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Gol TV produces soccer-related television programming, while Defendants EchoStar Satellite Corporation and EchoStar Satellite L.L.C. (known as DISH Network) distribute television programming to individual…

United States v. Smith
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2234
Norman Yatooma & Associates v. Diperna
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4093
Moore v. Astrue
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6235
Keller v. Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8075
Bodison v. Boyd
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1049
Palecek v. Jones
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1177
Dombos v. Janecka
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-2004
United States v. Jameson
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5023
Gelder, et al v. CoxCom Inc., et al  
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-706

Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiffs filed this action against Cox Enterprises, Inc., on behalf of themselves as well as a putative class consisting of all persons in the United States who subscribe to Cox for so-called premium cable and who…

Al-Owhali v. Holder, Jr.  
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1274

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Mohamed Rashed Al-Owhali, an inmate in a federal high-security prison, brought suit challenging several Special Administrative Measures (“SAMs”) imposed upon him. The district court dismissed the suit, finding…

Heddings v. Garcia
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1346
United States v. Carroll
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2181
Tillman v. Bigelow
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-4026
Qwest Corp. v. Fed. Communications Comm'n  
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 10-9543

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Qwest Corporation sought review of an order of the Federal Communications Commission which denied Qwest’s petition for regulatory forbearance pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 160(a). Qwest filed a petition with the…

Dalcour v. City of Lakewood
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1117
Burk v. Astrue
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5138
United States v. Briggs
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5163
McBride v. Peak Wellness Center Inc.  
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8037

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Lisa McBride was an accountant who worked as Respondent Peak Wellness Center’s business manager for about nine years. Peak terminated her in 2009, citing job performance and morale issues. Petitioner claimed…

U.S. Magnesium LLC v. Env. Protection. Ag'y  
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-9533

Justia Opinion Summary: US Magnesium sought review of a recent final rule from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In its rule, the EPA called for Utah to revise its State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the federal Clean Air…

United States v. Gehringer
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3064
Maixner v. Rudek
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6043
Campos-Perez v. Holder
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-9515
Hooks v. Workman  
Date: August 3, 2012
Docket Number: 03-6049

Justia Opinion Summary: In a consolidated appeal, Oklahoma state prisoner Petitioner-Appellant Victor Hooks appealed two district court orders that denied him habeas relief. He sought relief on three alternate grounds: (1) he is mentally…

Eureka Water Company v. Nestle Waters North America  
Date: August 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6104

Justia Opinion Summary: Eureka Water Company contended that a 1975 agreement granted it the exclusive license in 60 Oklahoma counties to sell spring water and other products using the "Ozarka" trademark. It sued Nestle Waters North America,…

Bagby v. Jones
Date: August 3, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6117
Anderson v. Worstell
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1327
Konzak v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1485
Armijo v. Perales, et al  
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2098

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Paul Armijo, former police chief of the Village of Columbus in New Mexico, filed a civil suit against several individual and entity defendants, including Appellants Armando Perales, Arnold Chavez, Adrian…

Harrison v. Morton
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7025
Eke v. CaridianBCT, Inc
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1483
United States v. Carrillo-Torres
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3110
United States v. White
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3341
United States v. Hasan  
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5065

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the Tenth Circuit in this case was whether the district court applied the correct legal standard in evaluating whether Defendant Hasan Ali Hasan was entitled to a court interpreter at grand jury…

United States v. Valdez
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1025
Crisler v. Sedgwick County Kansas
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3020
Polite v. Miller
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5066
United States v. Barnett
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6006
United States v. Walters
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6073
Tilley v. Fish
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7029
Broades v. Rudek
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7033
United States v. Molina
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2128
Brown v. YRC Inc.
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3001
Sanders v. Ethington  
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4008

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2007, while Plaintiffs-Appellants Scott and Lisa Sanders were attempting to refinance their home, they discovered Salt Lake City Credit Union had “reported twelve new maxed-out accounts on the Sanders[es]’ credit…

United States v. Sauceda
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number: 12-2067
Pennington v. McKune
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3063
Young v. Addison
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6060
Somerlott v. Cherokee Nation Distributors, et al  
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 10-6157

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Tina Marie Somerlott appealed a district court's dismissal of her claims against Cherokee Nation Distributors, Inc and CND, LLC ("CND") for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Petitioner brought federal…

Reveteriano v. Astrue
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1560
United States v. Huizar  
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6270

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Alfredo Huizar pled guilty to reentering the United States illegally after an earlier deportation. The district court held that Defendant's 1995 California conviction for residential burglary qualified as a…

Centennial Archaeology, Inc. v. AECOM, Inc.  
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8000

Justia Opinion Summary: AECOM, Inc. hired Centennial Archaeology, Inc. to perform cultural resources survey work in connection with a wind-energy project. When AECOM refused to pay Centennial for some of its work, Centennial brought suit…

Martinez-Mercado v. Holder, Jr.
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-9535
Washington v. Addison
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5075
Johnson v. Ezell
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6058
United States v. Livingston
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6112
United States v. Nick
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2207
Kennington v. U.S. Department of Treasury
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4198
Bedard v. National Casualty Insurance Co
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3067
United States v. Bloomgren
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-8018
United States v. Burciaga  
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2109

Justia Opinion Summary: The New Mexico Supreme Court has construed section 66-7-325 N.M. Stat. Ann. to require a motorist changing lanes to signal "even when there is only a reasonable possibility that other traffic may be affected by the…

American Contractors v. Boeding
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3285
Peterson v. Lampert
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: 12-8032
United States v. Hatch
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1392
Mellott v. MSN Communications
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1478
United States v. Gamez-Tapia
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 12-2024
Corredor v. Holder
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 12-2075
United States v. Izenberg
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 12-4045
McDonald v. Astrue
Date: July 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1263
United States v. Franco-Lopez  
Date: July 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2123

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Agapito Franco-Lopez appealed his conviction on one count of transporting an illegal alien. Defendant argued that the district court erred in denying his motion for acquittal because the government did not…

United States v. Ramirez-Fragozo
Date: July 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6086
Crawford v. Barnes
Date: July 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-2018
United States v. Davis
Date: July 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3104
Mathis v. Jones
Date: July 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6082
Republic Underwriters v. Moore
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5075
Whitmore v. Jones
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6274
Sky Harbor Air Service, Inc. v. Reams
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8004
United States v. Wormley
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 12-2006
United States v. Roberts
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3096
Tran v. Sonic Industries Services, Inc
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6032
Howards v. McLaughlin
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 09-1201
Abraham v. BP America Production Co.  
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2113

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee BP America Production Company (BP) appealed a judgment from a jury verdict in favor of Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, a certified class of royalty and overriding royalty…

Mid-Continent Casualty Co. v. Greater Midwest Builders, LTD  
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3367

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Mid-Continent Casualty Company ("Mid-Continent") brought a declaratory judgment action seeking determination of its coverage obligations related to construction defect litigation. Defendant-Appellee,…

United States v. Garnica-Anita
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3375
United States v. Pitter
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3009
United States v. McKeighan  
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 08-3204

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2007, Defendant James McKeighan was convicted on four federal charges relating to possession of firearms, marijuana, and methamphetamine. On appeal before the Tenth Circuit, Defendant raised three claims of alleged…

Megginson v. Astrue
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1520
United States v. Maxwell
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5129
Petty v. Rudek
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6140
BancFirst v. Ford Motor
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6179
United States v. Thompson
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 12-2010
Blake v. Aramark Corporation
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3053
United States v. McIntyre
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6020
Phares v. Jones
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6085
Search Market, et al v. Jubber, et al  
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number: 10-4190

Justia Opinion Summary: The three cases before before the Tenth Circuit on appeal arose from bankruptcy proceedings initiated by debtor Steve Paige in 2005. Search Market Direct, Inc. (SMDI) and ConsumerInfo.com (ConsumerInfo).both sought…

KT Group, LLC v. Christensen, Glaser, Fink
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number: 10-4194
United States v. Young
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1433
United States v. Ortega-Saucedo
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3381
Pinson v. Davis
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1112
Koyle v. Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number: 12-4038
United States v. Jones
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6050
Mitchell v. Figueroa
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6051
Chipman v. White
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1543
Alvarado v. Donley
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2036
Harvey v. United States  
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2164

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Frances Leon Harvey's appeal before the Tenth Circuit stemmed from a Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA")lawsuit that he brought against the United States government for complications arising from an injury to his…

Cheeks v. Zupan
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1183
United States v. Kirby
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number: 12-2011
Grynberg v. Ivanhoe Energy
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1361
Latham v. Board of Education Albuquerque
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2217
United States v. Soto-Arreola
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3348
United States v. Miller
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 12-2032
Lederman v. Frontier Fire Protection, et al  
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1534

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellee Gary Lederman sued his former employer, Frontier Fire Protection, Inc., to recover overtime pay he alleged was owed to him under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). A jury found Frontier liable and…

Doyle v. The Nordam Group, Inc.
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5004
United States v. Hamilton
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3068
Tillman v. Bigelow
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-4026
McCosar v. Standifird
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5017
United States v. Denson
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6001
Williams v. Steward
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7022
United States v. Frost  
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1122

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Adam Frost was tried and convicted for the rape of a 17-year-old girl, and was sentenced to 200 months' imprisonment. On appeal, Defendant challenged his conviction on the grounds that the trial court…

EEOC v. The Picture People, Inc.  
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1306

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") on behalf of Jessica Chrysler ("Employee"), appealed a district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee The Picture People…

United States v. Romero-Leon
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2065
Borchardt Rifle Corp. v. Cook  
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2086

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Borchardt Rifle Corporation appealed a district court's grant of summary judgment affirming the revocation of its federal firearms license. After an initial compliance inspection, the Bureau of…

Prairie Band Pottawatomie v. Federal Highway Admin.  
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3000

Justia Opinion Summary: The Plaintiffs-Appellants in this case challenged the Federal Highway Administration's selection of a route for the proposed South Lawrence Trafficway project in the city of Lawrence, Kansas. Appellants claimed two…

Bertsch v. Overstock.com  
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4128

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Elizabeth A. Bertsch appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of her former employer, Defendant-Appellee Overstock.com, on her hostile work environment and retaliation claims, and appealed the…

Allen v. Avance
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6102
United States v. Dougan  
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6173

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Ronald Dougan was convicted of robbing a post office. He appealed the district court's imposition of special sex-offender conditions of release. The court imposed these requirements based on…

United States v. Swan
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6196
United States v. Mullins
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-7055
Lopez v. Rudek
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5044
Morris v. Oklahoma Dept. of Human Svcs.  
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 10-6241

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners Leroy and Glenda Morris brought suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and the Supremacy Clause to challenge the Oklahoma Department of Human Services' ("OKDHS") denial of Mrs. Morris' application for Medicaid benefits as…

Fresquez v. Baldwin
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1461
Taurus v. U.S. Department
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1530
United States v. Guerrero-Castro
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2193
Ashfield v. Thomas
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1121
Brooks v. Medina
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1053
Small v. Milyard
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1104
Mitchell v. Medina
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1217
Perry v. Pacheco
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-2068
Stallings v. Werholtz
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3028
United States v. Loumoli
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-4054
United States v. Bell
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6038
United States v. McConnel
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6092
Cabrera v. Trammell
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7008
Stoney v. Cingular Wireless LLC
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1506
Vaupel v. United States
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1348
Tadehara v. Ace Securities Corporation
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4176
NLRB v. Teamsters Local Union No. 523
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-9538
United States v. Nelson
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6040
Cinnamon Hills Youth Crisis v. Saint George City  
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4020

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Cinnamon Hills Youth Crisis Center ran a residential treatment facility in St. George, Utah for young people with mental and emotional disorders. It wanted to expand its operations with a "step-down"…

United States v. Strandlof
Date: July 2, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1358
Mays v. Astrue
Date: July 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5103
Pine Telephone Company v. Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc.
Date: July 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-7080
United States v. Price, Jr.
Date: July 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7004
United States v. Riggins
Date: June 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1304
Oklahoma Corrections v. Doerflinger
Date: June 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6137
Jaramillo v. Adams County School Dist. 14
Date: June 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1160
Lariviere, Grubman & Payne v. Phillips
Date: June 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1464
United States v. Bland
Date: June 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2178
United States v. Baker
Date: June 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2211
United States v. Rios-Mendoza
Date: June 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3159
United States v. Dell
Date: June 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4078
Farrill v. Astrue
Date: June 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-7075
Frederick v. Hartford  
Date: June 28, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1161

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellee Larry Frederick brought a putative class action suit against Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company (Hartford) in Colorado state court; Hartford removed the case to federal court. Looking to the face…

Atkinson v. Schmidt
Date: June 28, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3039
Marshall v. Rudek
Date: June 28, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5054
Vandagriff v. CIR
Date: June 28, 2012
Docket Number: 12-9001
Vigil v. Walters
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1359
United States v. Gonzalez
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6338
United States v. Wright
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3024
United States v. Roberts
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3096
United States v. Jameson
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5022
Hernandez v. Valley View Hospital  
Date: June 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1244

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Teresa Hernandez sued Defendant-Appellee Valley View Hospital Association for race and national origin discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e to…

United States v. Hartman
Date: June 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1452
Chapo v. Astrue  
Date: June 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1455

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Lisa R. Chapo appealed a district court's order upholding the Commissioner of Social Security's denial of her application for disability and supplemental security income benefits. The Administrative Law Judge…

United States v. Wilkerson
Date: June 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2236
United States v. Norwood
Date: June 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6327
United States v. Dayton
Date: June 25, 2012
Docket Number: 09-5022
Heidtke v. CCA
Date: June 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1205
Baltazar v. Shinseki
Date: June 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1343
Townsend-Johnson v. Cleveland
Date: June 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2196
Oseguera-Garcia v. Holder, Jr.
Date: June 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-9554
United States v. King
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3259
Campbell v. City of Spencer  
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6041

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Dr. Ann Elaine Campbell put horses out to pasture on land she owns in two Oklahoma municipalities, Defendants-Appellees the City of Spencer (the City) and the Town of Forest Park (the Town). After an…

Bias v. Astrue
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-7073
Anderson v. Standifird
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5033
United States v. Lopez-Perez
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5169
Taylor v. Zavaras
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1091
Harris v. Roberts
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3045
United States v. Crosby
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3075
United States v. Garcia-Sanchez
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1527
United States v. Zuber
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3179
United States v. Lee
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8053
Fish Creek Capital, LLC v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Date: June 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8081
Turner v. McGee, et al  
Date: June 19, 2012
Docket Number: 10-6031

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Michael Turner, a member of the Kiowa Tribe, was charged by Oklahoma state authorities with instituting or encouraging cockfighting. The state court rejected his argument that the crime took place in…

United States v. Madden  
Date: June 19, 2012
Docket Number: 10-6072

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Michael Madden pled guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and reserved the right to appeal the district court's denial of his motions to suppress and to quash the indictment…

United States v. Reyes-Marquez
Date: June 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1276
Jackson v. Diversified Collection Service
Date: June 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1401
United States v. Adame-Torres
Date: June 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1473
United States v. Kaufman
Date: June 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3253
United States v. Burgdorf
Date: June 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3324
Jech v. Department of Interior
Date: June 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5064
Spry v. McKune
Date: June 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3037
McKnight v. White
Date: June 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5028
Barrett v. Workman
Date: June 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7010
Winzler v. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc  
Date: June 18, 2012
Docket Number: 10-4151

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Arrienne Mae Winzler brought state law claims against Defendant-Appellee Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. (Toyota) on behalf of a proposed nationwide class of 2006 Toyota Corolla and Toyota Corolla Matrix…

In re: Pickard
Date: June 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3030
In re: Apperson  
Date: June 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3031

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants William L. Pickard and Clyde Apperson were convicted of drug-related crimes in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. An important witness for the prosecution was informant Gordon Todd…

Creamer v. Smith County Sheriff's Dept.
Date: June 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3362
Ford v. Donley
Date: June 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6203
Buckland v. Buckland
Date: June 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-7074
Wu v. Holder
Date: June 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-9572
United States v. Williams
Date: June 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1288
Garner v. Medina
Date: June 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1573
Chiles v. Oklahoma Department
Date: June 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-7066
United States v. Hardy
Date: June 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6045
Murdock v. Martin
Date: June 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7009
Tilley v. McFarland
Date: June 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7030
Black v. Workman  
Date: June 14, 2012
Docket Number: 10-6062

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Johnny Black was convicted of first-degree murder and battery with a dangerous weapon. On the recommendation of the jury, Defendant received a death sentence on the first-degree murder conviction. After…

United States v. Suniga
Date: June 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5142
Phillips v. Oklahoma Corp. Commission
Date: June 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-7068
Levin v. Romero
Date: June 14, 2012
Docket Number: 12-2039
United States v. Cardenas-Uriarte
Date: June 14, 2012
Docket Number: 12-2046
United States v. Rivera-Rivera
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2249
United States v. Maldonado-Ortega
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3097
United States v. McAllister
Date: June 13, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5064
Cosgrove v. KS Dept of Social & Rehab Svcs
Date: June 12, 2012
Docket Number: 10-3274
Jaramillo v. Adams County School Dist. 14  
Date: June 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1160

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Judy Jaramillo appealed a grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee Adams County School District 14 on her 42 U.S.C. 1981 claim for race discrimination. Plaintiff was employed as…

United States v. Sanchez-Ponce
Date: June 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4098
Flying Phoenix Corp. v. Creative Packaging Machinery  
Date: June 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8077

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Flying Phoenix Corporation appealed a district court’s dismissal of its claims against Defendants North Park Transportation Company and R&L Carriers Shared Services (the carriers), with prejudice, for…

Lian v. Holder, Jr.
Date: June 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-9549
Austin v. Milyard
Date: June 12, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1011
Chand v. Romero
Date: June 12, 2012
Docket Number: 12-2027
United States v. Baker
Date: June 12, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3056
United States v. Kieffer  
Date: June 11, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1391

Justia Opinion Summary: "By all appearances, Defendant Howard Kieffer had a successful nationwide criminal law practice." Defendant managed to gain admission to multiple federal trial and appellate courts across the country where he appeared on…

Rosenfield v. HSBC Bank, USA  
Date: June 11, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1442

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Jean Rosenfield appealed a district court's order that granted a motion to dismiss filed by Defendant-Appellee HSBC Bank, USA (HSBC). Plaintiff brought claims seeking declaratory and injunctive…

McDonald v. OneWest Bank  
Date: June 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1071

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Bruce McDonald took out a loan (Note) secured by a deed of trust on Colorado real property in favor of the lender, IndyMac Bank. Plaintiff made payments on the loan from its 2003 inception until April…

United States v. Cruz  
Date: June 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2136

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Raul Cruz was convicted, after a jury trial, of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, and was sentenced to 63 months' imprisonment and three years' supervised…

Ribeau v. Katt  
Date: June 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3205

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant David R. Ribeau, Jr., appealed a district court's grant of summary judgment to Defendants-Appellees Dean Katt and Richard Smith. The district court dismissed Plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. 1983 claim alleging…

United States v. Valenzuela
Date: June 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4127
United States v. Elwood
Date: June 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6310
Jones v. Taylor
Date: June 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6337
Birbari v. United States
Date: June 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8046
Jean-Louis v. U.S. Penitentiary
Date: June 7, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1496
Bradshaw v. Nafziger
Date: June 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1109
United States v. Corrales
Date: June 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3385
Sherratt v. Utah Board of Pardons & Parole
Date: June 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4174
Whitmore v. Parker
Date: June 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6317
Ulrey v. Zavaras
Date: June 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1010
Doyle v. People of the State of Colo.
Date: June 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1113
United States v. Avitia-Guillen  
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1524

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Manuel Avitia-Guillen, a citizen of Mexico, lawfully entered the United States in 1955. He obtained permanent resident status in 1988 but was deported in June 1996 after being convicted of an aggravated felony.…

United States v. Limon
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3164
Wing v. Dockstader
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4006
Arriaga-Alvarado v. Holder
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-9582
Fields v. Miller
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5006
Burke v. Rudek
Date: June 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6036
Zinna v. Congrove  
Date: June 5, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1482

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Michael Zinna appealed the district court's attorneys' fee award following a successful 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights suit against county official Defendant-Appellee James Congrove. On its consideration…

United States v. Neff  
Date: June 5, 2012
Docket Number: 10-3336

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Dennis Dean Neff entered a conditional guilty plea on one count of traveling in interstate commerce with the intent to distribute cocaine. He was sentenced to sixty months' incarceration. Under the…

Brown v. Gray
Date: June 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3303
United States v. Reeves
Date: June 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3368
United States v. Oakes  
Date: June 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6005

Justia Opinion Summary: Upon entering a plea agreement with the government, Defendant Marcus Oakes pled guilty in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma to one count of distributing cocaine base. At the sentencing…

United States v. Cintron
Date: June 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6316
United States v. Coates
Date: June 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8019
Barham v. Town of Greybull Wyoming
Date: June 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8058
United States v. Zajac
Date: June 1, 2012
Docket Number: 10-4176
Spradley v. Owens-Illinois Hourly Employees Welfare Benefit Plan  
Date: June 1, 2012
Docket Number: 10-7100

Justia Opinion Summary: The district court overturned an employee benefit plan's denial of a former employee's claim for permanent and total disability life insurance benefits. On appeal, Defendant Owens-Illinois Hourly Employees Welfare…

Larson v. United Air Lines
Date: June 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1313
United States v. Martinez-Zamaripa  
Date: June 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5132

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant David Martinez-Zamaripa pled guilty to being an alien present in the United States after deportation. The district court imposed a sentence of 54 months based on a 16-level enhancement under U.S.S.G.…

United States v. Whitley  
Date: June 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8078

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant John Lloyd Whitley was pulled over in his truck based on information that he was a felon in possession of a firearm. During the stop, officers observed two firearms in plain view and found another…

Strand v. Dawson
Date: June 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-4012
United States v. Gomez-Alvarez
Date: May 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3218
Palmer v. CIR
Date: May 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-9018
Peterson v. Lampert
Date: May 31, 2012
Docket Number: 12-8015
United States v. Robertson
Date: May 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1514
Brakeman v. Wands
Date: May 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1547
United States v. Gantt  
Date: May 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3127

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Deshane Gantt pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas to brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence for which he was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment. He…

United States v. Williams
Date: May 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3136
United States v. Justice  
Date: May 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3208

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Cody M. Justice pled guilty in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas to possession of a firearm by a felon. In calculating Defendant's offense level under the sentencing guidelines, the…

United States v. de los Santos  
Date: May 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6318

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Antonio de los Santos pled guilty to the offense of being a felon in possession of firearms. Before sentencing, the Government filed notice of its intent to seek an enhanced sentence under the ACCA based on…

United States v. Arredondo-Duran
Date: May 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8072
United States v. Burks  
Date: May 29, 2012
Docket Number: 10-4180

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Cedric Burks provided codes to an auto-theft ring that were used to create working keys for specific vehicles. One such vehicle was stolen in Nevada, stripped to its frame, and subsequently discovered…

United States v. Burks
Date: May 29, 2012
Docket Number: 10-4210
Kaitov v. Holder, Jr.
Date: May 29, 2012
Docket Number: 10-9587
Clemmons v. FC Stapleton II, LLC
Date: May 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1119
United States v. Porras-Rubi
Date: May 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1195
United States v. Pena-Ramirez
Date: May 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1517
Schwartz v. Khalsa
Date: May 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2197
Morris v. Cabela's Wholesale, Inc.
Date: May 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3313
Bartel v. Kemmerer City
Date: May 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8057
Tillis v. Ezell
Date: May 29, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5026
Williams v. Jones
Date: May 29, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6002
DeRosa v. Workman  
Date: May 25, 2012
Docket Number: 10-7084

Justia Opinion Summary: Oklahoma state prisoner Petitioner James DeRosa was convicted of two counts of first-degree felony murder for the 2000 stabbing deaths of two people, and was sentenced to death on both counts. Petitioner unsuccessfully…

Jones v. Cole
Date: May 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3137
United States v. Benard  
Date: May 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4005

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Reshard Benard challenged the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained during a vehicle stop on January 16, 2009. Following the denial of his suppression motion, Defendant entered a…

United States v. Osborn  
Date: May 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6328

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-appellant Rayne Alisa Osborn appealed a district court's order denying her a reduction of her criminal sentence under 18 U.S.C. sec. 3582(c)(2). Osborn argued that the district court abused its discretion in…

United States v. Woods
Date: May 25, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1022
United States v. Samuels
Date: May 25, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6003
United States v. Richards
Date: May 24, 2012
Docket Number: 10-3314
Clinton v. United States
Date: May 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1486
Marian v. Socorro Electric Cooperative
Date: May 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2251
Hearron v. Voith Industrial Services, Inc
Date: May 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3355
Battle v. J-M Manufacturing Company
Date: May 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5094
Witmer v. Grady County Jail
Date: May 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6267
Robinson v. Rudek
Date: May 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6306
Ontiveros-Perez v. Medina
Date: May 24, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1074
United States v. Anderson
Date: May 24, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3021
Garza v. Turley
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4115
United States v. Cartwright  
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5060

Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant Tracy Don Cartwright of being a felon in possession of ammunition in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). The probation office prepared a Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) that classified…

United States v. Maldonado-Ortega
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3041
White v. Workman
Date: May 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7015
Sisneros v. Office of Pueblo Cnty Sheriff
Date: May 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1312
United States v. Ibarra-Vergara
Date: May 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1391
Shifrin v. Toll
Date: May 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1423
Kiker v. Community Health Systems
Date: May 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2134
United States v. Wyatt
Date: May 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6177
Kapoor v. Holder, Jr.
Date: May 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-9551
Turner v. Kansas Dept of Corrections
Date: May 22, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3000
Allmon v. Wiley
Date: May 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1498
United States v. Jack
Date: May 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2040
United States v. Acosta
Date: May 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2083
United States v. Anderson
Date: May 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3256
United States v. Owens
Date: May 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5117
Terry v. RRRB
Date: May 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-9563
Burnett v. State of Kansas
Date: May 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3014
Kidwell v. Martin
Date: May 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5042
Allen v. Zavaras
Date: May 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1435
United States v. Rodriguez
Date: May 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2104
United States v. Aragones
Date: May 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2142
United States v. Coleman
Date: May 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2173
Tindall v. Freightquote.com, Inc.
Date: May 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3190
Keeler v. Aramark
Date: May 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3320
White v. Mullins
Date: May 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-7030
Waldo v. Ocwen Loan Services
Date: May 18, 2012
Docket Number: 12-4017
Remund v. State Farm Fire and Casualty
Date: May 17, 2012
Docket Number: 10-4107
United States v. Laughlin
Date: May 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1443
United States v. Reyes-Filiciano
Date: May 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2250
United States v. Diaz-Martinez
Date: May 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6288
Maehr v. CIR
Date: May 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-9019
Lomax v. Davis
Date: May 17, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1094
Tercero v. Flores Comisario
Date: May 17, 2012
Docket Number: 12-2034
United States v. Vetaw
Date: May 17, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3071
United States v. Salazar-Orozco
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1565
Beyer v. Camex Equipment
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1365
Chavez v. Navajo Nation Tribal Courts
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2203
Lemus v. Wyoming DOC
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8103
Huggins v. Supreme Ct. of the U.S.
Date: May 16, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1039
United States v. Mullane
Date: May 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3207
United States v. Handley  
Date: May 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3231

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Derrick Handley appeals his sentence, following revocation of his supervised release and imposition of a new term of incarceration of twelve months and supervised release of four years, on grounds his…

United States v. Saavedra-Vega
Date: May 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6330
Phillips v. Kerns
Date: May 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-7079
United States v. Ciocchetti
Date: May 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-8011
United States v. Williams
Date: May 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2223
Adkins v. Johnson
Date: May 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3350
United States v. Burnell
Date: May 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8100
United States v. Page
Date: May 14, 2012
Docket Number: 12-8002
Glaser v. Wilson
Date: May 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1529
United States v. Martinez
Date: May 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3363
United States v. Ballieu
Date: May 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8089
Romero v. Goodrich
Date: May 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2159
Mounts v. Astrue
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1172
Marotta v. McKeel
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1494
Montour v. Clements
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1526
Anderson v. Edwards
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1542
McIntyre v. McKune
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3239
United States v. Avitia-Bustamante
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6238
Brown v. Wands
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1001
United States v. Temple
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3034
United States of America v. Hernandez
Date: May 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5011
United States v. Diaz  
Date: May 8, 2012
Docket Number: 10-2252

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Linda Diaz was convicted of knowingly leaving the scene of a car accident where she hit and killed a pedestrian. The accident occurred on the Pojoajue Pueblo Indian reservation. She was charged with…

Boles v. Newth
Date: May 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1510
Martin v. Matthews
Date: May 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3057
Eissa v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.
Date: May 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3273
Mehio v. Sonntag
Date: May 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4209
Western World Ins. Company v. Markel American Ins. Company  
Date: May 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6107

Justia Opinion Summary: "Haunted houses may be full of ghosts, goblins, and guillotines, but it’s their more prosaic features that pose the real danger." When the flashlight Tyler Hodges used in connection with taking tickets at an Oklahoma…

Shepherd v. Holder, Jr.  
Date: May 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-9520

Justia Opinion Summary: This case was about the government’s repeated efforts to remove Petitioner Kairi Abha Shepherd from the United States on the ground she is a criminal alien. In the initial removal proceeding, the government did not…

Palacios-Yanez v. Holder, Jr.
Date: May 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-9545
United States v. Geddes
Date: May 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-4029
Consumer Data Industry v. King  
Date: May 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2085

Justia Opinion Summary: Before a New Mexico law making it easier for identity theft victims to expunge negative information from their credit reports took effect, the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA) brought a pre-enforcement…

Edwards v. Roberts
Date: May 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3379
Hargrave v. Chief Asian, LLC
Date: May 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5112
Payton v. Astrue
Date: May 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6199
United States v. Huitron-Guizar  
Date: May 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8051

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Emmanuel Huitron-Guizar entered a conditional guilty plea to being an illegal alien in possession of firearms transported or shipped in interstate commerce, and was sentenced to 18 months’…

Bradford v. Williams
Date: May 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6016
Gather v. OKARNG
Date: May 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6048
Meacham v. Church
Date: May 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4161
Morales v. Jones
Date: May 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5155
Clark v. Holder
Date: May 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6332
United States v. Bader  
Date: May 3, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1263

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Thomas Bader appealed his convictions of distribution of human growth hormone (HGH), conspiracy to knowingly facilitate and knowingly facilitating the sale of HGH brought into the United States…

United States v. Tate
Date: May 3, 2012
Docket Number: 10-3333
GLN Compliance Group, Inc. v. Naekel
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1246
Thames v. Chapman
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1533
United States v. Johnson
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6154
Luginbyhl Hawkins v. United States
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5001
United States v. Bayazeed
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6005
Davis v. Newton-Embry
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6007
Johnson v. Jones
Date: May 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6025
Palma-Salazar v. Davis  
Date: May 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1070

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner-Appellant Jesus Hector Palma-Salazar was indicted in 1995 for conspiracy to distribute cocaine; he was arrested in Mexico in 2002. After he was extradited to the United States pursuant to an extradition treaty…

United States v. Cope  
Date: May 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1537

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Aaron Cope was convicted of one count of operating a common carrier (commercial airplane) under the influence of alcohol. On appeal, Defendant challenged his conviction based on improper venue,…

Seymore v. Astrue
Date: May 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5091
Gose v. Douglas Wyoming
Date: May 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8065
Walker v. United States
Date: April 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6198
Peper v. Department of Agriculture, Uni
Date: April 27, 2012
Docket Number: 08-1131
SEC v. Smart  
Date: April 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4134

Justia Opinion Summary: In this civil enforcement action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Defendants-Appellants Brian Smart and Smart Assets, LLC, the district court entered a $4,715,580 judgment against…

Jordan v. Wiley
Date: April 26, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1549
Rouse v. Darr
Date: April 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1440
Barnes, Jr. v. Allred
Date: April 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1476
United States v. Browner
Date: April 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6033
Zimmerling v. Waterfield Bank
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1265
Laidley v. City and County of Denver
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1339
United States v. Rivera
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4028
United States v. Elders
Date: April 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6257
Gladwell v. Reinhart
Date: April 24, 2012
Docket Number: 09-4028
Newton v. Lee, et al  
Date: April 24, 2012
Docket Number: 10-4063

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant Robert Newton alleged Major John R. Teter and Lieutenant Colonel Wayne E. Lee of the Utah Air National Guard violated his due process rights when they suspended and subsequently…

Brooks v. Medina
Date: April 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1549
Terrill v. Rudek
Date: April 24, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7000
Thacker v. Workman  
Date: April 23, 2012
Docket Number: 10-5127

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Steven Ray Thacker pled guilty in Oklahoma state court to charges of first-degree malice aforethought murder, kidnapping, and first-degree rape. Following a sentencing hearing, the state trial court sentenced…

Ciempa v. Jones
Date: April 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5127
Rezaq v. Nalley, et al  
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1069

Justia Opinion Summary: In three consolidated cases, Plaintiffs-Appellants Omar Rezaq, Mohammed Saleh, Ibrahim Elgabrowny, and El-Sayyid Nosair appealed the district court's grants of summary judgment in favor of Appellee Federal Bureau of…

United States v. Gavilanas-Medrano
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4140
Moles v. Lappin
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6123
United States v. Oakes
Date: April 20, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6023
United States v. Trejo-Luna
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1342
United States v. Hanns
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1375
Robledo v. Jones
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1556
Dowell v. Garcia
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1565
Isaacson v. Isaacson
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6201
United States v. Morales-Martinez
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6331
Employers Mutual Casualty v. Bartile Roofs, Inc.
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8026
United States v. Singleton
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3027
Allen v. Workman
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6094
Proffit v. State of Wyoming
Date: April 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-8000
Zemp-Bacher v. Astrue
Date: April 18, 2012
Docket Number: 10-5067
United States v. McKinney
Date: April 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3281
United States v. Ortiz
Date: April 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4110
United States v. Cabrera-Zetina
Date: April 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6237
United States v. Summers
Date: April 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8083
United States v. Mach
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1189
United States v. Granados
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1380
United States v. Lucas
Date: April 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6151
Dunlap v. Clements
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1424
AIG v. Law Offices of Theodore Coates
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1000
Johnson, Jr. v. Lappin
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1381
United States v. Moya  
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2232

Justia Opinion Summary: Pro se prisoner Defendant Dominic Moya appealed the district court’s denial of his motion for post-conviction relief. He sought a certificate of appealability (COA) from the Tenth Circuit. Defendant was indicted in 2009…

United States v. Pickard  
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3277

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants William Pickard and Clyde Apperson were federal prisoners who sought post-conviction relief. They both sought review of the district court's decision to decline to rule on a motion to unseal documents for use…

Stills v. Astrue
Date: April 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5087
Republic Bank, Inc. v. West Penn Allegheny Health Sys
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 10-4145
Neal v. Hauf
Date: April 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6297
McArthur v. State Farm Mutual Auto Ins Co
Date: April 11, 2012
Docket Number: 09-4239
United States v. Bueno-Hernandez
Date: April 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2216
United States v. Hinson
Date: April 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3286
Thomas v. Astrue
Date: April 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5088
United States v. Johnson
Date: April 10, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1530
Warrener v. Medina
Date: April 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1564
Peterson v. Exide Technologies
Date: April 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3077
Elliott v. Martinez  
Date: April 9, 2012
Docket Number: 10-2213

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs William B. Elliott, Tommy J. Evaro, and Andria J. Hernandez were all targets of investigations by a Dona Ana County grand jury. Under New Mexico law they were entitled to target notices that advised them of…

Allen v. Zavaras
Date: April 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1414
United States v. Kostelec
Date: April 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3022
Whitney v. Div. of Juvenile Justice Svcs.
Date: April 6, 2012
Docket Number: 09-4230
Sabourin v. University of Utah  
Date: April 6, 2012
Docket Number: 10-4150

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Michael Sabourin sued the University of Utah in the United States District Court for the District of Utah, claiming, among other things, that it had violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by…

Allen v. Reynolds
Date: April 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1266
Trujillo v. Ploughe
Date: April 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1436
United States v. Luevano-Sanchez
Date: April 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2225
Elledge v. The Atty Gen of the St of Okla
Date: April 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6299
Neal v. Davis
Date: April 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5005
United States v. Collins
Date: April 5, 2012
Docket Number: 10-2275
State of Wyoming v. NPCA
Date: April 5, 2012
Docket Number: 10-8088
United States v. Antone
Date: April 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1315
United States v. Garcia
Date: April 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3147
Morales v. Jones
Date: April 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5155
Montalvo v. Werlizh
Date: April 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6271
Cooper v. Jones
Date: April 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6314
Wickliffe v. EMC Corp.
Date: April 4, 2012
Docket Number: 09-4082
Hand v. Walnut Valley Sailing Club
Date: April 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3228
Hutchinson v. Beckworth
Date: April 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5089
Mainline Rock v. MSHA
Date: April 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-9525
Dillard v. The Bank of New York
Date: April 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1379
IRS v. Wankel
Date: April 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2100
Toevs v. Reid
Date: April 2, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1535
United States v. Torres-Laranega
Date: April 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-2202
Freisinger v. Keith
Date: April 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6268
Craft v. Jones
Date: April 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-6304
Vasquez Arroyo v. Gross
Date: March 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3322
United States v. Espinoza-Aguilar
Date: March 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-8080
Suncor Energy (U.S.A.), Inc. v. United Steel, Paper & Forestry
Date: March 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1344
Commonwealth Property v. Mortgage Electronic
Date: March 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-4118

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