2013 Tenth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 501 - 1000 of 1310

Fuller v. Pacheco
Date: August 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-8065
United States v. Garcia
Date: August 5, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1020
Border Area Mental Health v. Squier
Date: August 5, 2013
Docket Number: 13-2136
United States v. Yagi
Date: August 5, 2013
Docket Number: 13-4000
United States v. Delgadillo
Date: August 5, 2013
Docket Number: 13-4006
Brown, Jr. v. Rudek
Date: August 5, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5023
Alioto v. Hoiles
Date: August 2, 2013
Docket Number: 10-1441
Brown v. Eppler, et al  
Date: August 2, 2013
Docket Number: 11-5093

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff David Brown appealed the dismissal of his action challenging his ban from using public transportation provided by the Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority ("MTTA"). Brown claimed violations of his federal and…

United States v. Esquivel-Rio  
Date: August 2, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3141

Justia Opinion Summary: A Kansas State Trooper monitoring traffic along I-70 spotted a minivan driving with a temporary out-of-state license tag. He called the tag in to dispatch to check its validity. When the dispatcher returned a "negatory…

United States v. Sivigliano
Date: August 2, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6247
Jane Doe #1 v. Masse
Date: August 1, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1423
United States v. Hodge  
Date: August 1, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6042

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Larry Eugene Hodge appealed the district court's order denying his motion for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(2). Finding no error or abuse of discretion, the Tenth Circuit affirmed.

United States v. Henson
Date: August 1, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6137
United States v. Orona  
Date: July 31, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2129

Justia Opinion Summary: Raul Roger Orona, Jr., appealed his conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Orona was sentenced to 198 months' imprisonment under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). He argued on appeal to…

United States v. Olivas-Castaneda
Date: July 31, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2150
James v. Wadas, et al  
Date: July 31, 2013
Docket Number: 12-8076

Justia Opinion Summary: This was a FDCPA action stemming from proceedings that occurred in a debt collection action filed by Defendant Abby Shadakofsky against Plaintiff-Appellant George James in Wyoming state court in August 2011. Shadakofsky…

Thomas v. Jones
Date: July 31, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5012
United States v. Stewart
Date: July 31, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5051
Lay v. Otto
Date: July 31, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6056
Moua v. Astrue
Date: July 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5161
Greene v. Impson
Date: July 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7068
Wilson v. Workman
Date: July 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7078
Beauclair v. Goddard
Date: July 30, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3074
Rangel-Perez v. Holder
Date: July 29, 2013
Docket Number: 12-9582
Shopteese v. Waddington
Date: July 29, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3057
United States v. Amaya
Date: July 29, 2013
Docket Number: 13-4009
United States v. Ijom-Brito
Date: July 29, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5003
United States v. London
Date: July 29, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6079
Smith v. Meyer
Date: July 29, 2013
Docket Number: 13-8037
Cooper v. Wyoming Department
Date: July 29, 2013
Docket Number: 13-8047
United States v. Slinkard
Date: July 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5202
Glossip v. Trammell
Date: July 25, 2013
Docket Number: 10-6244
United States v. Jones
Date: July 25, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3261
Banks v. City of Lakewood
Date: July 25, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1091
Rollie v. Falk
Date: July 25, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1248
Payton v. Werholtz
Date: July 25, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3115
Winston v. Trammell
Date: July 25, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5031
United States v. Morones
Date: July 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1579
McMullin v. Bravo
Date: July 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2144
United States v. Tena-Arana
Date: July 24, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1113
Ayala v. Hatch
Date: July 24, 2013
Docket Number: 13-2009
Arbuckle v. United States
Date: July 24, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6012
United States v. Claycomb
Date: July 24, 2013
Docket Number: 13-8029
Zvunca v. Greyhound
Date: July 23, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1351
United States v. Chavez  
Date: July 23, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1419

Justia Opinion Summary: The Tenth Circuit found no error in the district court's rejection of Defendant Francisco Chavez's request to serve his federal and state sentences for methamphetamine smuggling concurrently instead of consecutively.

United States v. Hernandez-Lizardi
Date: July 23, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3236
WildEarth v. EPA  
Date: July 23, 2013
Docket Number: 11-9559

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner WildEarth Guardians challenged an Environmental Protection Agency order that denied in part its petition for an objection to a Title V operating permit issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and…

Western Watersheds Project v. BLM  
Date: July 23, 2013
Docket Number: 12-8012

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner-Appellant Western Watersheds Project (WWP) challenged a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decision to grant a 10-year grazing permit to LHS Split Rock Ranch, LLC for four federal public land allotments in…

Scaife v. Kansas DOC
Date: July 23, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3125
United States v. Eaton
Date: July 23, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6106
Baker v. Buckner
Date: July 22, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1478
Federated Service Insurance Co v. Martinez
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: 11-2183
United States v. Cooper
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3250
Oklahoma v. EPA  
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: 12-9526

Justia Opinion Summary: In consolidated cases for review, petitioners challenged a rule by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air Act. Petitioners argued that the EPA impermissibly rejected Oklahoma’s plan to…

United States v. Dago
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1158
Georgacarakos v. Wiley
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1425
United States v. Clark
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3008
Rohr v. Allstate Financial Services
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4175
United States v. Oviedo-Tagle
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3095
SEC v. Fox
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5013
Gibbs v. Colvin
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6044
Beltran v. Holder
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number: 13-9500
United States v. Lee-Speight
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3387
Haynes v. Maye
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3215
Newsome, et al v. Gallacher, et al  
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5068

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff David Newsome, a litigation trustee appointed by the bankruptcy court, administered the legal claims of Mahalo Energy (USA), Inc. He brought suit against the corporation's former directors and officers for…

Trujillo v. Martinez
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number: 13-2028
Conley v. McKune
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3091
Dragna v. Maynard
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number: 13-4018
United States v. Bishop
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6000
Preston v. CitiMortgage
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6015
Soriano v. Jones
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6098
1-800 Contacts v. Lens.com, et al  
Date: July 16, 2013
Docket Number: 11-4114

Justia Opinion Summary: A dispute arose among the parties in this case over internet advertising through "AdWords," a Google program whereby companies pay the search engine to feature its ads whenever a user uses certain keywords. At issue was…

Doak v. Acrisure Business Outsourcing
Date: July 16, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6179
Gambina v. FBP
Date: July 16, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1106
Marshall v. Lee
Date: July 16, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6062
United States v. Henry
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1399
United States v. Boyd  
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2123

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue on appeal before the Tenth Circuit in this case was whether the district court's decision at the original sentencing for Defendant Travis Boyd granting a downward departure of his criminal-history category was…

Burgin v. Leach
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5210
Pettigrew v.Oklahoma  
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6113

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the Tenth Circuit in this case was whether a settlement agreement between the parties waived the State's "Eleventh Amendment" right not to be sued in federal court. After review of the settlement…

Courtney v. Oklahoma  
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7028

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Jason Courtney brought a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action against an Oklahoma State Trooper and the State of Oklahoma based on a traffic stop. He was arrested for being a felon in possession of a firearm as a result of…

United States v. Couchman
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6097
United States v. Nicholson  
Date: July 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-2169

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Jesse Nicholson appealed the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. He entered a conditional guilty plea to three drug and weapons-related charges. Defendant was pulled over by Roswell police for being…

Ibarra v. Holder, Jr.
Date: July 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-9539
Fancher v. Barrientos, et al  
Date: July 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2114

Justia Opinion Summary: Deputy defendant Johnny Barrientos of the Dona Ana County Sheriff's Department appealed a district court's denial of his motion for summary judgment in a 28 U.S.C. 1983 action brought by Lucia Fancher, individually and…

United States v. Johnson
Date: July 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2184
United States v. Tanner  
Date: July 12, 2013
Docket Number: 13-4022

Justia Opinion Summary: Robert Clifton Tanner was charged with four counts of mail fraud. He entered into an agreement where he agreed to plead guilty to one count for which he would receive a stipulated sentence of 30 months' imprisonment. The…

Ross v. BNSF
Date: July 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6013
Chand v. Bravo
Date: July 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-2099
United States v. Ramirez
Date: July 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-4015
Larrieu v. Best Buy Stores
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1387
United States v. Mongold
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7073
Morrissey v. Ulibarri
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number: 13-2061
Brown, Sr. v. State of Kansas
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3002
United States v. Samuels
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5024
Clark v. Oakley
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6050
Burris v. Bob Moore Auto Group
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6067
Bromley v. Phillips
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number: 13-8018
Slater v. AG Edwards & Sons, Inc.  
Date: July 9, 2013
Docket Number: 11-2170

Justia Opinion Summary: Investors in Thornburg Mortgage, Inc. brought a class action against the mortgage originator alleging violations of the Securities Act based on omissions and misrepresentations in the stock offering documents. The…

Engle v. Elm Ridge Exploration Co.  
Date: July 9, 2013
Docket Number: 11-2192

Justia Opinion Summary: A dispute arose between Elm Ridge Exploration Company, LLC, an operator of oil and gas leases in New Mexico, and Fred Engle, who owned a majority of those leases. Elm Ridge sought to recover drilling expenses by…

Rojas, et al v. Anderson, et al  
Date: July 9, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1283

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Oliver Rojas appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants Kenneth Anderson and Nicholas Wilson. Plaintiff brought claims against defendants, both police officers, under 42 U.S.C. 1983 following…

United States v. Mikolon  
Date: July 9, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2139

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Kenneth Mikolon entered a conditional guilty plea to one count of possession of a firearm by a fugitive. He was sentenced to 209 days of time served. On appeal, defendant argued that the district…

Wallace B. Roderick Revocable Trust v. XTO Energy  
Date: July 9, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3176

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant XTO Energy, Inc. appealed a district court's certification of a class of Kansas royalty owners who sought recovery for its alleged underpayment of royalties. Specifically, the class claimed XTO…

United States v. Spence  
Date: July 9, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5112

Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Defendant Benjamin Spence was convicted of possessing a firearm and ammunition after having been convicted of a felony. He received a 180 month prison sentence to be followed by four years' supervised…

United States v. Smith
Date: July 9, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6307
Chieftain Royalty Company v. XTO Energy
Date: July 9, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7047
Pinson v. Davis
Date: July 9, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1031
Martinez v. Martinez
Date: July 9, 2013
Docket Number: 13-2042
Wood v. Milyard
Date: July 8, 2013
Docket Number: 09-1348
Cacioppo v. Town of Vail, Colorado
Date: July 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1028
Lee v. Cozza-Rhodes
Date: July 5, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1239
United States v. Hatch  
Date: July 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2040

Justia Opinion Summary: Three New Mexico men kidnaped a disabled Navajo man and branded a swastika into his arm. The United States charged the three with committing a hate crime under 18 U.S.C. 249. The three men contended in district court…

United States v. Guardado-Cordova
Date: July 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2211
United States v. Ramirez
Date: July 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5211
Ali v. Taylor
Date: July 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6166
United States v. Rodriguez
Date: July 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6285
Gilkey v. ADT Security Services
Date: July 3, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3067
Gilkey v. Protection One Alarm Monitor
Date: July 3, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3089
United States v. Velasquez-Lopez
Date: July 3, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5033
Jensen, et al v. Solvay Chemicals, Inc., et al  
Date: July 2, 2013
Docket Number: 11-8092

Justia Opinion Summary: Employees of Solvay Chemicals, Inc. brought an ERISA claim against the company for what they contended was improper notice with regard to changes in the company retirement program. At one time the company offered a…

Prager v. Campbell Cty Memorial Hospital
Date: July 2, 2013
Docket Number: 11-8102
United States v. Neilson  
Date: July 2, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4041

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Kenneth Neilson appealed his sentence for interfering with administration of internal revenue laws. Specifically, he contended that the district court erred in selecting the sentencing guideline under which his…

United States v. Briggs  
Date: July 2, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5140

Justia Opinion Summary: Police detained Appellant Nathan Briggs and found he was carrying a handgun. He would later be charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. In pleading guilty, Appellant reserved the right to…

Munis v. Holder  
Date: July 2, 2013
Docket Number: 12-9593

Justia Opinion Summary: Pro se petitioner Peter Munis appealed a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) order that dismissed his appeal of an immigration judge's denial of his request for discretionary removal. Petitioner overstayed his student…

Garza v. Wyoming State Pen. Warden
Date: July 2, 2013
Docket Number: 13-8032
Pfeifer v. Federal Express Corporation  
Date: July 1, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3064

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Cynthia Pfeifer filed suit against Defendant-Appellee Federal Express Corporation in the District of Kansas, alleging that the company fired her in retaliation for receiving workers' compensation…

Ibarra v. Holder, Jr.  
Date: July 1, 2013
Docket Number: 11-9539

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Elia Ibarra was ordered removed by the Department of Homeland Security for a Colorado conviction on child abuse. The events leading up to her conviction were unclear, but it was undisputed that petitioner's…

Montano-Vega v. Holder  
Date: July 1, 2013
Docket Number: 11-9578

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Arturo Montano-Vega admitted to remaining in the United States illegally, and requested permission to leave voluntarily. Petitioner wanted to avoid a ten-year bar on readmission for aliens who had been…

Whatley v. Colvin
Date: July 1, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1389
Rural Water District No. 4 v. City of Eudora  
Date: July 1, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3197

Justia Opinion Summary: The Rural Water District Number 4 of Douglas County, Kansas and the City of Eudora were in a dispute over water rights. The District contended that Eudora was trying to poach its customers. Because the District was…

United States v. Lopez
Date: July 1, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3227
Harper v. Astrue
Date: July 1, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5138
Freppon v. City of Chandler
Date: July 1, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6176
United States v. Borghee
Date: July 1, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6001
Aguilar-Alvarez v. Holder
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 11-9556
United States v. Hernandez
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1446
United States v. Stewart
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2076
Baxter v. Jones
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5187
United States v. Figueroa-Labrada  
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6090

Justia Opinion Summary: A methamphetamine dealer and several of his buyers and sellers were indicted for their alleged involvement in a distribution conspiracy. Defendant-buyer Jesus Figueroa-Labrada was convicted of conspiring to possess with…

United States v. Lopez
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 13-2045
Brown v. McKune
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3081
United States v. Ennis
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 13-8011
Eatinger v. BP America Production Company
Date: June 27, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3243
Hobby Lobby Stores v. Sebelius  
Date: June 27, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6294

Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiffs in this case were David and Barbara Green, their three children, and the businesses they collectively owned and operated: Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Mardel, Inc. As owners and operators of both Hobby…

United States v. Renteria  
Date: June 27, 2013
Docket Number: 12-8009

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants-Appellants Daniel Renteria, Alex Garcia, Jr., and Miguel Ordaz were convicted on various counts relating to a drug conspiracy in two states. Defendants' appeals were consolidated in this opinion. All…

United States v. Berry  
Date: June 26, 2013
Docket Number: 11-2186

Justia Opinion Summary: What started as a routine inspection of Defendant-Appellant Norman Washington Berry’s commercial tractor-trailer at a New Mexico port of entry ended with his conviction for possessing with intent to deliver 100 kilograms…

American National Property v. Checketts
Date: June 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4108
B.J.G. v. Rockwell Automation
Date: June 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5199
Automax v. Zurich, et al  
Date: June 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6161

Justia Opinion Summary: An Oklahoma City car dealer, Automax Hyundai South, sued its insurance company for refusing to defend it when the dealership was sued by customers. Two aggrieved customers brought claims against Automax relating to car…

United States v. Nelson
Date: June 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6317
Ramirez-Canenguez v. Holder
Date: June 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-9585
Lacour v. The Tulsa City-County Jail
Date: June 26, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5007
United States v. Ellsbury
Date: June 26, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5008
United States v. Parker  
Date: June 25, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6196

Justia Opinion Summary: Pro se petitioner-appellant Donte Lamonte Parker appealed the denial of his section 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence. His request for a certificate of appealability (COA) was also denied by the…

Lewis v. Thaler
Date: June 25, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1125
United States v. Garst
Date: June 25, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3047
United States v. Robinson
Date: June 25, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3054
Free Speech v. Federal Election Commission  
Date: June 25, 2013
Docket Number: 13-8033

Justia Opinion Summary: A three-person nonprofit, Free Speech, brought facial and as-applied challenges against 11 C.F.R. Sec. 100.22(b). The district court dismissed, concluding that Free Speech's claims that its First Amendment rights were…

Wittner, et al v. Banner Health, et al  
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1171

Justia Opinion Summary: During a seventy-two-hour involuntary mental health hold, Ian Wittner was injected with Haldol. He died following the injection. His parents sued defendants the medical center and the treating doctor under 42 U.S.C.…

United States v. Benavidez
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1268
United States v. Motsenbocker
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6024
Alamiin v. Miller, et al
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6153
United States v. Cabello-Alfaro
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3041
Pinson v. Berkebile
Date: June 21, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1026
Osborn v. Lampert
Date: June 21, 2013
Docket Number: 13-8024
United States v. Shumway
Date: June 20, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4059
United States v. Curtis
Date: June 20, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5048
United States v. Wilfong
Date: June 20, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6065
Childs v. Werholtz
Date: June 20, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1045
Price v. No Defendants Named
Date: June 20, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1099
Thompson v. McKune
Date: June 20, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3049
Lopez v. Admin Office of the Court  
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number: 11-4199

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant George Lopez conducted mediations in a program created and managed by the Administrative Office of Courts of the State of Utah. In 2006, he was removed from the panel of mediators that mediated…

United States v. Johnson
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2124
United States v. Garcia-Rodriguez
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number: 13-8031
United States v. Clark  
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number: 10-5152

Justia Opinion Summary: The government alleged Defendant-Appellant Richard Clark, along with other co-conspirators, manipulated shares of several penny-stocks by using false and backdated documents to make those shares publically tradable, then…

United States v. Mitchell
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3220
Murdock v. Astrue
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5191
United States v. Dunbar  
Date: June 17, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3366

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Fabian Dunbar pled guilty to distributing cocaine, for which he received a 48-month prison sentence pursuant to a plea agreement. The agreement also stated the parties would recommend defendant receive a…

United States v. Dyke  
Date: June 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3057

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Randy Dyke and Don Steele were caught in a government undercover sting operation and charged with drug, forgery and counterfeiting charges. A jury rejected their entrapment defense. On appeal to the Tenth…

Anderson v. Lehman Brothers Bank
Date: June 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4135
Flud v. United States
Date: June 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5148
United States v. Hopkins
Date: June 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5155
United States v. Rivas
Date: June 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6159
Lowery v. Jones
Date: June 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7076
Wing v. Janecka
Date: June 17, 2013
Docket Number: 13-2024
Magnan v. Workman, et al  
Date: June 14, 2013
Docket Number: 11-7072

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner David Magnan pled guilty to three county of murder in the first degree and one count of shooting with intent to kill. He was sentenced to death for each murder conviction, and to life for the shooting. In his…

United States v. Angilau  
Date: June 14, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4025

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Siale Angilau was indicted by a Utah grand jury for the shooting deaths of two deputy U.S. Marshals. One count charged racketeering conspiracy; assaulting a federal officer, assault with a dangerous…

Simantob v. Mullican Flooring
Date: June 14, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4090
Salgado v. Polk
Date: June 14, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1153
Glover v. DCP
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1185
United States v. Tenorio
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1294
United States v. Wallace
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1413
Newbold v. Astrue  
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4078

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Tyla Newbold appealed a magistrate judge's order that granted her Social Security benefits from October 2006 to November 2007, but denied them thereafter. The Commissioner of the Social Security…

United States v. Sitlington
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6273
United States v. Freeman
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6277
Martinez v. Colorado Attorney General
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1100
United States v. Hunter
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3022
Cathey v. Workman
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number: 13-7010
Cavanaugh v. Woods Cross City, et al  
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-4206

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Shannon Cavanaugh suffered a serious head injury after she was tasered by a Woods Cross City police officer. She sued under 42 U.S.C. 1983. The jury found for the City and the officer who tasered her.…

United States v. Carrillo
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1421
Cressman v. Thompson
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6151
Lay v. Haskins
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6259
Bwika v. Holder
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-9560
Perez-Castro v. Holder
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-9579
Conkleton v. Zavaras
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1535
United States v. Christie  
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number: 11-2106

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Rebecca Christie was convicted for second-degree murder and child abuse for the death of her infant daughter. Defendant was an avid player of "World of Warcraft," often engaging gameplay for hours and hours on…

Carrillo v. Wieland
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1448
Dmytryszyn v. Hickenlooper
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1491
United States v. Peterson
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2201
Ventris v. State of Kansas
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3310
Cressman v. Thompson, et al  
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6151

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Keith Cressman objected to the image on the standard Oklahoma license plate. He believed the image of a Native American shooting an arrow toward the sky (a depiction of a sculpture entitled "Sacred Rain Arrow")…

Grynberg v. Bar S Services, Inc.
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-8055
Dmytryszyn v. Clements
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1003
Wilson v. Morrissey
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1098
Jenner v. Faulk
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1134
Yadon v. Hilton
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3026
Tinner v. Coffee
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3055
United States v. Vandemerwe
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-4020
Acker v. Dinwiddie
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5038
Summit Financial Resources v. Kathy's General Store
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number: 10-3130
United States v. Zhou  
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1261

Justia Opinion Summary: Shengyahg Zhou pled guilty to trafficking and attempted trafficking of counterfeit goods. He was sentenced to eighty-seven months in prison, three years' supervised release and to pay restitution. Zhou contended the…

United States v. Montoya
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-2235
Thompson v. McKune
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3239
United States v. Taylor
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4186
United States v. Lechuga
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6011
United States v. Greenwood
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1271
Goddard v. Heldt
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6027
Okobi v. Holder
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-9555
United States v. Morales-Medel
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6039
Washington v. CSU Ft. Collins
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1471
United States v. Goodman
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1481
United States v. Lindsey
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2155
United States v. Garcia-Delira
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3247
Tietjen v. Colvin
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5163
Green v. Pershing, LLC
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5201
THI of NM at Valle Norte LLC v. Harvey
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 11-2176
Schneider v. City of Grand Junction  
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1086

Justia Opinion Summary: Glenn Coyne, a Grand Junction Police Department (GJPD) officer, answered Plaintiff Misti Lee Schneider 's 911 call about an altercation with her teenage son and, during a visit to her home late the next night, raped her.…

United States v. Perez-Olivarez
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3251
Desai v. Panguitch Main Street
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4197
Skinner v. Addison
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5152
United States v. Shines
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6308
Bailey v. Kerns
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7069
United States v. Jordan
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3033
United States v. Batton
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 13-8017
Pahls, et al v. Thomas, et al  
Date: June 4, 2013
Docket Number: 11-2055

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs-Appellees filed suit after law enforcement officials forced them to move to an unfavorable location to engage in protest activities but allowed a group espousing the opposite viewpoint to remain in place on…

Unishippers Global Logistics v. DHL Express (USA), Inc.
Date: June 4, 2013
Docket Number: 11-4216
Lockheed Martin v. DOL  
Date: June 4, 2013
Docket Number: 11-9524

Justia Opinion Summary: Lockheed Martin Corp. sought to set aside a decision of the Administrative Review Board of the Department of Labor (the "ARB" or the "Board") that concluded Lockheed violated Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The…

United States v. Vaughan
Date: June 4, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1179
Brazell v. PHH Mortgage Corp.
Date: June 4, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4047
Kerchee v. Smith
Date: June 4, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6080
McCormick v. The City of McAlester
Date: June 4, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7077
United States v. Penry
Date: June 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-8079
United States v. Perez-Ramos
Date: May 31, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1464
United States v. Jones
Date: May 31, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3335
United States v. Cavillo-Arzate
Date: May 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3307
Whitmore v. Parker
Date: May 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6189
United States v. Abbo
Date: May 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6240
Crump v. Wilkinson
Date: May 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6319
United States v. Crosby
Date: May 30, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3023
United States v. Verasa-Barron
Date: May 30, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3025
Davis v. Workman
Date: May 30, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6008
United States v. Bly
Date: May 30, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6019
United States v. Polly
Date: May 30, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6026
Goosby v. Trammell
Date: May 30, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6074
Tucker v. Wyoming Department
Date: May 30, 2013
Docket Number: 13-8013
Howard, et al v. Zimmer, Inc., et al  
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number: 11-5109

Justia Opinion Summary: After Dr. Brian Howard received a knee implant manufactured by Sulzer Orthopedics, Inc. that failed to bond properly, Howard and his wife filed suit against Sulzer alleging negligence per se. Following the completion of…

United States v. Fowler
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1398
United States v. McDowell
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3318
United States v. Tingey  
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4000

Justia Opinion Summary: The district court permitted the government to foreclose on federal tax liens on a ski cabin titled in the name of the D.E. Brown Family Trust, whose beneficiaries were Douglas Brown's wife and children. The taxes were…

G & C v. Rexam Beverage
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6239
United States v. Wallace
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3000
Payne v. Maye
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3034
Clay v. Canadian County Jail
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6063
Stricker-Campos v. Laramie County District Court
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number: 13-8021
Francisco v. Susano
Date: May 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1376
Tarantola v. Cushing Memorial Hospital
Date: May 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3321
United States v. Turcios-Arrazola
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1375
Murdock v. City of Wichita
Date: May 23, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3279
United States v. Cone
Date: May 23, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5216
Eldridge v. Berkebile
Date: May 23, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1036
United States v. Hernandez-Mejia
Date: May 22, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2058
Rodriguez v. Presbyterian Healthcare
Date: May 22, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2151
United States v. Petersen
Date: May 22, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4139
Staker v. Jubber
Date: May 22, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4209
Crawford v. Addison
Date: May 22, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5215
Kleynburg v. Holder
Date: May 22, 2013
Docket Number: 12-9588
Enterprise Management Limited, Inc. v. Warrick  
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1135

Justia Opinion Summary: In a copyright infringement case, Enterprise Management Limited, Inc. and Mary Lippitt appealed a summary judgment in favor of Donald Warrick. Lippitt contended, contrary to the district court's holding, she demonstrated…

Salas v. United States
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1454
Armelin v. Donahoe
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1483
Khan v. The Bank of New York Mellon
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2161
Greig v. Botros
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3066
United States v. Baker
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3341
Wing v. Gillis
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4071
Turner v. City of Tulsa
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5133
Bufogle v. Equity Insurance Company
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5151
Webb v. Jones
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6250
Hamlin v. Zavaras
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1345
United States v. Vasquez
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4168
Porter v. Colvin
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5178
United States v. Rosas-Gonzalez
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5198
United States v. Taylor
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6316
Esparza-Recendez v. Holder
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number: 12-9564
Brown v. McCollum
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number: 13-7013
Alexander v. Atty General of the St of Colo
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1443
United States v. Aguilar
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2047
Staples v. Chester
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3093
United States v. Simons
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3137
United States v. Whitlow
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3203
Carranza v. United States
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4149
United States v. Harrison
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4204
Chappell v. Jones
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6146
United States v. Wilkinson
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6200
United States v. Galvez-Chavez
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1008
United States v. Pantoja-Juarez
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3004
United States v. Bell
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6004
Sommers v. Jones
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6010
Watkins v. Rogers
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6040
Roosevelt-Hennix v. Prickett, et al  
Date: May 16, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1307

Justia Opinion Summary: Officer Shane Prickett of the Florence City Police Department used a Taser on Petitioner Lara Roosevelt-Hennix while Petitioner's hands were cuffed behind her back and she was seated in the back seat of a police car. She…

Chambers v. Medina
Date: May 16, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1429
Berendes v. Geico Casualty Company
Date: May 16, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4136
United States v. Embry
Date: May 16, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5209
Navarro v. Holder
Date: May 16, 2013
Docket Number: 12-9561
Harmon v. Parnell
Date: May 16, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1028
Heinrich v. City of Casper
Date: May 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-8070
Parkhurst v. Wilson
Date: May 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-8080
Koessel v. Sublette County Sheriff's Dept.  
Date: May 14, 2013
Docket Number: 11-8099

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Kevin Koessel was terminated from his position as a deputy sheriff in Sublette County, Wyoming, due to concerns about the lingering effects of a stroke he suffered. In response, petitioner brought suit in…

Green v. Snyder
Date: May 14, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1366
United States v. Hamilton
Date: May 14, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5172
Goddard v. Heldt
Date: May 14, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6027
In re: Weathersby
Date: May 14, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3077
United States v. Simpson
Date: May 14, 2013
Docket Number: 13-4004
Thurman v. Martin
Date: May 14, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5015
United States v. McConnel
Date: May 14, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6028
Brecek & Young Advisors, Inc. v. Lloyds of London Syndicate 2003  
Date: May 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3011

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Lloyds of London Syndicate 2003 ("Lloyds") appealed the district court's denial of its summary judgment motion and subsequent grant of summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee Brecek & Young…

King v. Patt
Date: May 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4107
Sadik v. Holder
Date: May 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-9559
Padilla v. Astrue
Date: May 9, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2097
United States v. Flood  
Date: May 9, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4094

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Frances M. Flood, a federal inmate, sought a certificate of appealability (COA) to appeal the denial of her 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion. The Tenth Circuit granted a COA on two issues: (1) whether Petitioner's trial…

Dorf v. Pena
Date: May 9, 2013
Docket Number: 12-8074
Jaremko v. ERISA Administrative Committee
Date: May 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3179
FTC v. Loanpointe
Date: May 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4006
Murphy v. Samson Resources Company
Date: May 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5084
Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Chapman  
Date: May 7, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3319

Justia Opinion Summary: After a bench trial, the federal district court found that Appellant Maggie Chapman violated the "assisting and facilitating" provision of the Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16 C.F.R. 310.3(b). A consumer protection action…

Squires v. Breckenridge Outdoor Educ Cntr  
Date: May 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1199

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Kimberly Squires filed an action against Defendant Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center asserting claims for negligence and gross negligence following a ski accident in which she was injured. The magistrate…

United States v. Lagunas
Date: May 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1428
Olivo v. Crawford Chevrolet
Date: May 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2116
Roberts v. America's Wholesale Lender
Date: May 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4088
United States v. Seybels
Date: May 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4130
Jensen v. Utah Court of Appeals
Date: May 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4201
United States v. Patterson
Date: May 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6164
United States v. Osby
Date: May 7, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5021
Browning v. Trammell  
Date: May 6, 2013
Docket Number: 11-5102

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Michael Allen Browning was convicted by jury for the murder of Harry and Teresa Hye, the parents of his girlfriend Cenessa Tackett. Browning received a death sentence as punishment for these crimes. The…

United States v. Walshe
Date: May 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1145
United States v. Harris
Date: May 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2077
United States v. Copar Pumice Company, et al  
Date: May 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2104

Justia Opinion Summary: The Government filed an interlocutory appeal in an action brought against Defendants Kelly Armstrong, Debbie Cantrup, Richard Cook, Shirley Cook and Copar Pumice Company, Inc. for trespass, conversion, and unjust…

United States v. Baker
Date: May 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3341
United States v. Rosas-Gonzalez
Date: May 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5197
Wilson v. Montano, et al  
Date: May 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2051

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants sought reversal of a district court order that denied their motion to dismiss claims asserted against them by Plaintiff-Appellee Michael Wilson, Sr. under 42 U.S.C. 1983. Wilson alleged he was unlawfully…

United States v. Luna-Acosta  
Date: May 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2089

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Adrian Luna-Acosta appealed a district court's judgment sentencing him to thirty-three months' imprisonment, filed five months after the court orally announced a sentence of twelve months. On appeal…

O'Toole v. Northrop Grumman Corp.
Date: May 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2106
Hooten v. Ikard Servi Gas
Date: May 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2179
Smallwood v. Martin
Date: May 3, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5004
United States v. Hee
Date: May 2, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1434
Grissom v. Werholtz
Date: May 1, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3255
Ehimika v. Astrue
Date: May 1, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5098
United States v. Rodriguez
Date: May 1, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5010
Fleming v. Evans
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number: 10-6173
Gibbons v. National Real Estate Investors
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number: 11-4208
Ankeney v. Zavaras
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1050
Allen v. Corrections Corp. of America
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1241
Rawlins v. Kansas  
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3138

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2001, Defendant Damaris Rawlins was prosecuted in Kansas state court for battery of a police officer. The Kansas court sentenced Rawlins to three years' probation. Even while not facing jail time, Rawlins timely…

Van Ross v. Shelton
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3336
United States v. MacKay  
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4001

Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant Dewey MacKay, III of unlawfully prescribing controlled substances. He challenged the sufficiency of the evidence underlying several counts of his conviction. He also challeged certain jury…

QEP Energy Company v. Sullivan
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4075
United States v. Walters
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6320
Karki v. Holder  
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-9550

Justia Opinion Summary: Nepalese native and citizen petitioner Narendra Raj Karki petitioned the Tenth Circuit to review a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision affirming an order of an immigration judge (IJ) that denied his application…

Davis, Jr. v. Cline
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3020
Houck v. Gurich
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6029
Houck v. Heaton
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6034
United States v. Aniles-Marquez
Date: April 29, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2186
United States v. Herrera
Date: April 29, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3226
Gomez v. Davis
Date: April 29, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1004
United States v. Avitia-Bustamante
Date: April 29, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6027
United States v. Toombs  
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3271

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, a jury found Defendant Marlo Toombs guilty on seven counts of drug and firearm felony offenses. On appeal, the Tenth Circuit reversed and remanded his case for violations of the Speedy Trial Act. After the…

Nasious v. City and County of Denver
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1427
Jones v. Astrue
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5057
Mizusawa v. United States Dept of Labor
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-9562
Esparza v. Bowman
Date: April 25, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2140
United States v. Ford
Date: April 25, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3030
Palmerin v. Johnson County Board of County
Date: April 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3386
Al-Marri v. Davis  
Date: April 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1230

Justia Opinion Summary: Federal inmate Petitioner-Appellant Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri appealed a district court’s judgment that denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant was serving a 100-month federal sentence for conspiracy…

Newman v. Cozza-Rhodes
Date: April 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1326
Siribuor v. UHS of Denver
Date: April 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1372
Muskrat v. Deer Creek Public Schools  
Date: April 23, 2013
Docket Number: 11-6194

Justia Opinion Summary: Paul and Melinda Muskrat brought a civil rights action on behalf of their disabled son against the school district where he attended school for several years and against certain school district employees. The Muskrats…

Carbajal v. Hotsenpiller
Date: April 23, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1379
Jackson v. Shinseki
Date: April 23, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1385
United States v. Holguin-Espino
Date: April 23, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1472
Childs v. Miller  
Date: April 23, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6075

Justia Opinion Summary: Pro se Petitioner prisoner Terry Lee Childs appealed a district court's dismissal of his civil rights case filed under 42 U.S.C. 1983. Petitioner was housed at the James Crabtree Correctional Center (JCCC) in Helena,…

Salgado-Toribio v. Holder  
Date: April 23, 2013
Docket Number: 12-9578

Justia Opinion Summary: Pro se petitioner Lucio Salgado-Toribio sought review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings. Petitioner had been using the federal courts' procedures to put off…

In re: Graham
Date: April 23, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3082
Villarreal v. United States
Date: April 22, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1131
Damaschin v. Holder
Date: April 22, 2013
Docket Number: 12-9571
Tillman v. Murphy
Date: April 19, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1440
Williams v. Astrue
Date: April 19, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5120
Radloff-Francis v. Wyoming Medical Center
Date: April 19, 2013
Docket Number: 12-8049
Kline v. Deutsche Bank National Trust
Date: April 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2111
SEC v. Gordon
Date: April 17, 2013
Docket Number: 11-5158
Borde v. Board of County Commissioners
Date: April 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2028
United States v. Madrid  
Date: April 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2095

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Eric Madrid appealed his conviction on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Defendant pled guilty to the charge but preserved his right to appeal the district court's denial of his…

Blaurock v. Kansas Department
Date: April 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3241
Agnew v. Martin
Date: April 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5207
Tucker v. Murphy
Date: April 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-8073
United States v. Garcia-Ruiz
Date: April 16, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1061
United States v. Chapman
Date: April 16, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2113
United States v. Herrera-Zamora
Date: April 16, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1050
Hernandez v. Parker
Date: April 16, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6006
Spacecon Specialty Contractors v. Bensinger  
Date: April 15, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1139

Justia Opinion Summary: Richard Bensinger produced and screened a film about Spacecon Specialty Contractors, LLC. Claiming the film conveyed several defamatory statements, Spacecon filed suit against Bensinger in federal district court based on…

United States v. Lochmiller
Date: April 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1097
United States v. Lucero  
Date: April 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2132

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Christopher Lucero appealed the district court's denial of his motion to reduce his sentence. Defendant was sentenced before the effective date of the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA). He asserted that the…

Hall v. Hupp
Date: April 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3211
Childs v. GEO Group
Date: April 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6184
United States v. Fivaz
Date: April 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-8016
Case v. Hatch
Date: April 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-2094
United States v. McDowell
Date: April 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3130
United States v. Blackburn
Date: April 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3294
United States v. McIntosh (Sheldon)
Date: April 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3331
United States v. McIntosh (Samora)
Date: April 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3333
United States v. Kane
Date: April 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3335
United States v. McDowell  
Date: April 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3337

Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant Theodore "Cush" McDowell of one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana. Prior to trial, Defendant unsuccessfully sought to suppress…

United States v. Rhone
Date: April 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3345
Raymond v. Martinez
Date: April 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2000
Gonzales v. Colvin
Date: April 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2166
Manning v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Date: April 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3190
United States v. Shuck  
Date: April 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5072

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant David Shuck was charged with five counts: conspiracy to manufacture 100 or more marijuana plants; the manufacture of 100 or more marijuana plants; two counts of the use and maintenance of a place for…

Craft v. Middleton
Date: April 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6245
United States v. Baker  
Date: April 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3023

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Abasi Baker was convicted on seven counts each of robbery affecting commerce, use of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Defendant appealed his…

Beasley v. Astrue
Date: April 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6256
United States v. Mills
Date: April 10, 2013
Docket Number: 13-2004
United States v. Cornelio-Legarda
Date: April 10, 2013
Docket Number: 13-8001
In re: Michael Wilson&Partners v. Sokol Holdings, Inc.
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1238
DeFalco-Miller v. Astrue
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1245
Abernathy v. Wandes  
Date: April 8, 2013
Docket Number: 10-1252

Justia Opinion Summary: Prisoner-Petitioner Gary Abernathy appealed a district court judgment which dismissed his petition for the writ of habeas corpus. On appeal to the Tenth Circuit, petitioner argued that the district court miscalculated…

Taylor v. Roswell Independent School Dist.  
Date: April 8, 2013
Docket Number: 11-2242

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs were high school students from Roswell, New Mexico who belonged to a religious group called "Relentless." They sued the Roswell Independent school district and its superintendent seeking declaratory and…

Self v. Milyard
Date: April 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1072
United States v. Kaiser
Date: April 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2133
Smith v. McKune
Date: April 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3343
United States v. Patterson  
Date: April 5, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3258

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Adrian Patterson was convicted by jury trial of a number of drug charges, including conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. On appeal, Defendant raised a…

United States v. Moore
Date: April 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1165
United States v. Ruiz-Romero
Date: April 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2074
United States v. Rogers
Date: April 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3125
Gleason v. McKune
Date: April 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3212
Okyere v. Rudek
Date: April 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5214
Dunn v. Harper County
Date: April 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6222
Dunn v. State of Oklahoma
Date: April 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6280
Anderson v. Astrue
Date: April 4, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1102
United States v. Gonzales
Date: April 4, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6103
Portenier v. United States
Date: April 3, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3371
Christopher v. United States
Date: April 3, 2013
Docket Number: 11-5136
Collvins v. Hackford
Date: April 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4014
Hunsaker v. Alexander
Date: April 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4157
Evans v. Astrue
Date: April 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5097
Gatewood v. Veterans Affairs
Date: April 3, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1037
Lord v. Hall
Date: April 2, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1331
Moreno v. Cozza-Rhodes
Date: April 2, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1506
United States v. Chaco
Date: April 2, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2064
Cook v. Wells Fargo Bank
Date: April 2, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2100
United States v. Figueroa-Mijares
Date: April 2, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3216
ClearOne Communications v. Bowers
Date: April 2, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4179
United States v. Benoit  
Date: April 2, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5013

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Joseph Benoit was convicted of receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography for which he was sentenced to concurrent terms of 125 and 120 months' imprisonment and ordered to pay…

Reagle v. Jones
Date: April 2, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5183
Faine v. Jones
Date: April 2, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6172
Lockett v. Workman  
Date: April 1, 2013
Docket Number: 11-6040

Justia Opinion Summary: In August 2000, an Oklahoma state court jury convicted Petitioner-Appellant Clayton Lockett of 19 counts, including burglary, assault, rape, and first degree murder. He was sentenced to 2,285 years and 90 days of…

Warner v. Workman
Date: April 1, 2013
Docket Number: 11-6236
Cross v. Franklin
Date: April 1, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6298
United States v. Hernandez  
Date: March 29, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1404

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Mark Rosalez, Juan Ruelas, and Justin Hernandez, all of whom were federal inmates at the time of their underlying crimes, were jointly tried and convicted by a jury of conspiracy to assault another inmate, and…

Ho v. Michelin North America, Inc.
Date: March 29, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3334
Hernandez v. Grant
Date: March 29, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2152
Brown v. Warner
Date: March 29, 2013
Docket Number: 13-6005
Llewellyn v. Allstate Home Loans  
Date: March 28, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1340

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Glen Llewellyn filed this action asserting a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claim, a Fair Credit Reporting Act claim, and a state law outrageous conduct claim against Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC and Nomura…

Kemper v. Astrue
Date: March 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1412
Lee v. Cohen, McNeile & Pappas, P.C.
Date: March 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3188
United States v. Hernandez-Castillo
Date: March 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3271
United States v. Avalos-Estrada
Date: March 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3274
United States v. Rauch
Date: March 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5208
Schoppe v. CIR  
Date: March 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-9010

Justia Opinion Summary: Pro se appellant John Schoppe petitioned the Tenth Circuit for review of a Tax Court decision that found him liable for tax deficiencies for the years 2002-2007. While the case was proceeding before the Tenth Circuit,…

Ryan Development Co. v. Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Ins. Co.  
Date: March 27, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3356

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (ILM) appealed the district court's denial of its motion for judgment as a matter of law, or in the alternative, for a new trial following a $2.2 million…

Hallcy v. Bartsch
Date: March 27, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1381
Brown v. Bravo
Date: March 27, 2013
Docket Number: 12-2187
Klein-Becker USA v. Englert  
Date: March 27, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4076

Justia Opinion Summary: Klein-Becker USA and Klein-Becker IP Holdings sued Patrick Englert and Mr. Finest, Inc., for trademark infringement, copyright infringement, false advertising, and unfair competition under the Lanham Act; false…

Plascencia v. Taylor
Date: March 26, 2013
Docket Number: 11-4197
Getachew v. 7-Eleven
Date: March 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1403
United States v. Kirkley
Date: March 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3051
United States v. Sands
Date: March 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3272
United States v. Wicken
Date: March 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3301
Best-Willie v. Astrue
Date: March 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4069
Novitsky v. Holder
Date: March 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-9580
Young v. Unified Gov't of Wyandotte
Date: March 25, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3253
United States v. Zuniga-Toledo
Date: March 25, 2013
Docket Number: 12-4196
Oklahoma Corrections v. Doerflinger
Date: March 25, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6238
Arocho v. United States
Date: March 25, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1030
Milton v. Daniels
Date: March 22, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1198

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