18 July 2018

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

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

3 November 2017

10th Circuit reinstates some claims in drug failure to warn case; reverses the issuance of a preliminary injunction; vacates enhanced sentence in felon in possession case; reinstates computer code misappropriation claim; rejects constitutional challenge to warrantless searches of prescription drug records database; affirms distribution order in a bankruptcy case; affirms nursing home abuse judgment; and vacates life sentence in drug conspiracy case.

by William Gaskill

23 October 2017

10th Circuit rejects challenge to enhanced felon in possession sentence; reveres calculation of disability benefits as administrator of the policy acted arbitrarily and capriciously; reverses order excluding damages evidence as discovery sanction; and rejects sufficiency of the evidence challenge to bank fraud and identity theft convictions.

by William Gaskill

15 August 2017

10th Circuit affirms denial of a motion to suppress; holds an administrative mining enforcement order reviewable; affirms child pornography conviction; rejects a speedy trial claim; and holds foster case failure to protect claims do not reach across state lines.

by William Gaskill

10 July 2015

10th Circuit holds charging document which unequivocally proves burglary meets generic definition sufficient to prove the conviction qualifies as a violent felony for career criminal sentencing purposes and that state law claim for attorney conflict of interest cannot be tried in bankruptcy court

by William Gaskill