1 August 2018

Utah Supreme Court affirms vulnerable adult abuse conviction and sentence.

by William Gaskill

18 July 2018

10th Circuit affirms summary judgment ion claims from police shooting and reveres an enhanced criminal sentence.

by William Gaskill

1 June 2018

10th Circuit rejects habeas petition; holds cities must give direct notice to landowners when their land is given a blight designation; and rejects substantive unreasonable challenge to reduced sentences.

by William Gaskill

22 May 2018

10th circuit affirms dismissal sanction for pre-litigation conduct; rejects attempt to vacate enhanced sentence; affirmed denial of a motion to suppress; rejects contract clause and preemption claims in garbage transport case; reinstates pregnancy discrimination claim; and clarifies when a hearing is required when defendant moves to get seized assets back.

by William Gaskill

9 May 2018

10th Circuit holds enhanced arson sentencing statute’s residual clause unconstitutionally vague; affirms felon in possession and related convictions; grants several defendants qualified immunity in a foster case abuse case; and holds certain Oklahoma burglary convictions are not crimes of violence for enhanced criminal sentencing purposes.

by William Gaskill

3 May 2018

10th Circuit holds federal bank robbery is a crime of violence for sentencing guideline purposes.

by William Gaskill

25 April 2018

10th Circuit affirms dismissal of 1983 action involving overdetention before pretrial release and affirms an enhanced sentence.

by William Gaskill

20 April 2018

10th Circuit holds Kansas aggravated battery convictions are crimes of violence for sentencing guidelines enhanced penalty purposes

by William Gaskill

22 December 2017

10th Circuit dismisses appeal as moot; reverses a denial of a motion to suppress evidence; reverses grants of qualified immunity ion inmate on inmate violence case; reverses an enhanced sentence; affirms a different enhanced sentence based on a New Mexico robbery conviction; orders a motion to intervene be granted; affirms denial of two separate habeas petition; affirms dismissal of complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction; and rejects challenge to ERISA’s church plan exemption.

by William Gaskill

14 December 2017

10th Circuit affirms denial of motion to suppress; holds Kansas aggravated assault using a dangerous weapon convictions, certain assaults on federal officers and certain assaults n police officers are crimes of violence for federal sentencing guideline purposes; affirms tax evasion convictions and sentence; affirms class action settlements; and reinstates a legal malpractice case.

by William Gaskill

1 December 2017

10th Circuit holds federal in forma pauperis statute does not apply when prisoner files in state court; affirms denial of a motion to suppress and drug convictions; rejects challenge to sex offender identifying driver license; holds immigration detainers cannot support fining a defendant will flee for bail purposes; rejects challenge to derivative suit settlement; affirms declaratory judgment on water service provision on claim preclusion grounds; and affirms enhanced armed career criminal sentence.

by William Gaskill

10 November 2017

10th Circuit overrules circuit precedent and holds Colorado assault convictions are crimes of violence for enhanced sentence purposes and rejects habeas claim in death penalty case.

by William Gaskill