Tenth Circuit Affirms Broad BIA Discretion to Summarily Dismiss Appeals for Vague NOAs and Late Briefs Pena-Sanchez v. Bondi, 24-9550 (10th Cir. July 24, 2025) I. Introduction In Pena-Sanchez...
United States v. Jumper: Tenth Circuit Affirms Statutory-Maximum Revocation Sentence & Refines Standards for Major Upward Variances in Supervised-Release Cases 1. Introduction On 24 July 2025 the...
“Promises that Induce are Different from Promises to Perform” – The Tenth Circuit Clarifies Colorado’s Independent-Duty Exception to the Economic-Loss Rule in City of Fort Collins v. Open...
Bellinsky v. Galan: Tenth Circuit Reaffirms “Sprint Gatekeeping” for Younger Abstention and Tightens Rooker-Feldman in Domestic-Relations Civil-Rights Suits 1. Introduction Bellinsky v. Galan, United...
Sprint-Gatekeeping Reinforced: Domestic-Relations Suits Alone Do Not Trigger Younger Abstention – A Commentary on Bellinsky v. Galan (10th Cir. 2025) 1. Introduction In Bellinsky v. Galan, the United...
Bellinsky v. Galan: The Tenth Circuit Re-Sets the Boundaries of Younger Abstention in Domestic-Relations-Related §1983 Actions Introduction Bellinsky v. Galan concerns two federal civil-rights suits...
Nonsignatory Agents Barred from Enforcing “Parties-Only” Arbitration Clauses Commentary on Fucci v. First American Title Insurance Company (10th Cir. 2025) 1. Introduction Fucci v. First American...
The “Semper Exhaustion Rule” – A Tenth-Circuit Clarification on Enforcing Favorable Agency Decisions and the Non-delegability of Criminal Prosecution Introduction Case: Semper v. Bessent, No. 25-4022...
Singh v. Bondi: Self-Inflicted Incapacity, Presumption of Competence, and “Good-Cause” Continuances in Immigration Court Introduction In Singh v. Bondi, the United States Court of Appeals for the...
United States v. Garcia-Limon: Tenth Circuit Validates “Scheme” Indictments for Repetitive Child-Sex-Abuse Under §§ 2241(c) & 2244(a)(5) Introduction In United States v. Garcia-Limon, the U.S. Court...
“Reasonably-Equivalent Value” Re-Defined: White v. Wardley and the Tenth Circuit’s Blueprint for Evaluating Guaranties and Debt Satisfaction under the Utah UFTA Introduction White v. Wardley (In re...
Reaffirming the Narrow Scope of the Reeves Exception: Pretext Alone Sends ADA & Rehabilitation Act Claims to a Jury Introduction In Jenny v. L3Harris Technologies, Inc., the United States Court of...
From “Significant Change” to “Some Harm”: The Tenth Circuit’s Adoption of the Muldrow Standard in Scheer v. Sisters of Charity 1. Introduction Case: Bethany Scheer v. Sisters of Charity of...
United States v. Halbert: Clarifying the Evidentiary Burden for Sentencing-Disparity Challenges on Appeal 1. Introduction United States v. Halbert, No. 24-6181 (10th Cir. July 21, 2025) concerns the...
United States v. Kay: Defining “Likely to Thwart” Under U.S.S.G. § 3C1.1 Note 1 Introduction The Tenth Circuit’s published decision in United States v. Kay, No. 24-4018 (10th Cir. July 21, 2025),...
The “Endless-Cycle” Doctrine Reaffirmed: United States v. Frederick and the Scope of § 3583 Revocation Authority Introduction In United States v. Frederick, No. 24-5099 (10th Cir. July 18, 2025), the...
Sullivan v. Graham: Tenth Circuit Clarifies District Courts’ Discretion over Page-Limits, Rule 8 Compliance, and Counsel Appointment for Pro Se Litigants Introduction The consolidated appeals in...
“Reasonable Brevity”: Sullivan v. Hartford Financial Services Group and the Tenth Circuit’s Re-affirmation of District Courts’ Discretion to Impose Page Limits and Dismiss Prolix Pro Se Pleadings 1....
Probable Cause Through Layered Suspicion: The “Vallejos Framework” for Warrantless Automobile Searches & Non-Custodial Traffic-Stop Questioning Introduction United States v. Vallejos, No. 24-2065...
Reasonable Page Limits and Rule 41 Dismissal for Rule 8 Noncompliance: The Tenth Circuit’s Affirmance in Sullivan v. Graham Introduction In Sullivan v. Graham, consolidated appeals Nos. 23-3153 and...