Circuit Judge Carson, joined by Judges Hartz and Bacharach, held Tuesday that an immigrant's challenge to her denied residency application became moot after immigration officials reopened the case and issued a new denial, finding that 'USCIS reopened Plaint...
A three-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit on Monday rejected environmental groups' challenge to federal approval of a coal mine expansion, finding they gave 'inadequate notice' and failed to participate in proper administrative processes.
Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Tymkovich, joined by Judges Hartz and Kelly, affirmed Tuesday the dismissal of a Title VII retaliation claim against Weiser Security Services, holding that security guard Juan Dominguez failed to show either that...
Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Federico, joined by Chief Judge Holmes and Circuit Judge McHugh, on Monday upheld the wire fraud and money laundering convictions of Michael and Kimberley Tew, rejecting their claims that 'antagonistic defenses'...
Circuit Judge Rossman, joined by Judges Matheson and Phillips, on Tuesday affirmed dismissal of a $15 million civil rights lawsuit filed by Barry Morphew against Colorado law enforcement and prosecutors, ruling that the complaint failed to plausibly allege...
Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Hartz, joined by Judges Tymkovich and McHugh, on Thursday affirmed a defendant's federal firearms conviction, holding that possessing guns in a stolen truck with 445 grams of methamphetamine satisfied the 'in fur...
Writing for a unanimous panel on Tuesday, Circuit Judge Hartz, joined by Judges Tymkovich and McHugh, affirmed a defendant's conviction under 18 U.S.C. ยง 924(c) for possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, ruling that 'the occasions when poss...
A Tenth Circuit panel Wednesday affirmed the denial of a Kansas pharmacist's bid to overturn his Medicare and Medicaid fraud convictions based on faulty jury instructions, ruling that instruction errors affecting his overturned narcotics distribution charge...
The Tenth Circuit granted en banc rehearing Wednesday in a closely watched case challenging Colorado's banking regulations, vacating its prior November decision and ordering the parties to address federal preemption questions under the Depository Institutio...
The Tenth Circuit on Tuesday reversed summary judgment for a Tulsa police officer who shot and killed an unarmed Black man with raised hands, ruling the officer violated 'clearly established' Fourth Amendment rights against excessive force.
The Tenth Circuit on Monday affirmed federal energy regulators' adoption of a balance-sheet approach for calculating exit fees when electric cooperatives leave Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, rejecting the utility's argument that the meth...