Immediacy Requirement for Constitutionally Permissible Use of Deadly Force Against Household Pets Introduction Love v. Grashorn, decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on...
Affirming §922(g)(1) and Clarifying Plain-Error Limits on Coerced Evidentiary Stipulations in United States v. Mayfield Introduction United States v. Mayfield (10th Cir. 2025) addresses two...
Discouraged Disclosure Policies and Municipal Liability: Lee v. Poudre School District R-1 (10th Cir. Apr. 22, 2025) Introduction In Lee v. Poudre School District R-1, the Tenth Circuit addressed for...
Foreseeable Avoidance and Proximate Cause in Parked‐Vehicle Collisions Introduction Estate of Laura Ratley v. Awad, 23‐6169 (10th Cir. Apr. 22, 2025), presents a tragic collision on the Cimarron...
Ripeness Exception for Successive §2255 Motions: In re Henley Introduction In In re: Henley, the Tenth Circuit addressed whether a federal prisoner needs appellate authorization to file what would...
Establishing Genuine Disputes Over Imminence: Deadly Force & Qualified Immunity under the Fourth Amendment Introduction Estate of Patrick Harmon, Sr. v. Salt Lake City (10th Cir. Apr. 22, 2025)...
Presumption of Reasonableness for Guidelines Sentencing Under U.S.S.G. §2G2.2 Upheld Introduction This commentary examines the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit’s decision in...
Licensing Does Not Constitute State Action: Clarifying the State Actor Requirement under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Introduction This commentary examines the Tenth Circuit’s decision in Rogers v. Brown,...
Clarifying Recusal and Jury‐Instruction Standards: United States v. Woodmore Introduction United States v. Woodmore, 10th Cir. No. 23-7057 (Apr. 18, 2025), is the second appellate decision in the...
Limits on Federal Jurisdiction over State Child‐Welfare Determinations: Sovereign Immunity, Rooker‐Feldman, and Ex parte Young in K.A. v. Barnes Introduction K.A. v. Barnes, decided April 18, 2025,...
Non-Exclusive Social Media License Bars User’s Copyright Claims 1. Introduction In Sethunya v. TikTok, Inc., 10th Cir. No. 24-4045 (Apr. 18, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit...
Clarifying the Nexus Requirement for § 924(c)(1) Guilty Pleas – United States v. Gray Introduction United States v. Gray (10th Cir. Apr. 17, 2025) addresses the sufficiency of the factual basis a...
Clarifying Section 1983 Remedies: No Private Right Under § 242 & Limits on Grand Jury and Malicious-Prosecution Claims Introduction Phillips v. Rose (10th Cir. Apr. 17, 2025) arises from an incident...
Actual Innocence Does Not Excuse AEDPA’s Statute of Limitations: Stevens v. Rankins Introduction The Tenth Circuit’s decision in Stevens v. Rankins reaffirms the rigorous one-year statute of...
United States v. McKinney: Law-of-the-Case Bars Re-Litigation of Franks Suppression Claims on §2255 Introduction This commentary examines the Tenth Circuit’s April 17, 2025 order denying a...
Unexpected and Instantaneous Loss: Reevaluation of “Sudden” in Homeowners’ Insurance Coverage Introduction Catalano v. Allstate Indemnity Company (10th Cir. 2025) confronts the meaning of “sudden and...
Clarifying Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment Standards for Investigative Misconduct and Pre-Indictment Delay: Crothers v. Carr Introduction Crothers v. Carr (10th Cir. 2025) addresses a pair of...
United States v. Stapp: Standards for Firearm Enhancement Under §2K2.1(b)(6)(B) and the Limits of McGirt-Based Collateral Attacks Introduction United States v. Stapp, No. 24-7009 (10th Cir. Apr. 15,...
Establishing But-For Causation and Evidence-Based Future Restitution Under the TVPRA 1. Introduction United States v. Coulter is a published decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the...
Direct Physical Control Suffices for Actual Possession under § 922(g)(1): No Exclusivity Requirement Introduction In United States v. Thompson, 24-4006 (10th Cir. Apr. 15, 2025), the Tenth Circuit...