Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment upholding IRS tax penalties against an attorney. The court held that the district court lacked authority to amend the judgment after the appeal was filed, rendering the amended judgment a nullity.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability to an Oklahoma prisoner challenging the timeliness of his habeas petition. The court held that the petitioner failed to meet the demanding standard for the actual innocence exception to the one-year filing deadline.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a mining patent application appeal. The court held that the agency had lawfully acted on the application decades ago, rendering the claim untimely.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the Board of Immigration Appeals denial of a motion to reopen immigration proceedings. The court held that the petitioner failed to demonstrate due diligence or extraordinary circumstances required for equitable tolling of the filing deadline.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment for Toyota Motor Corporation because the appellant failed to preserve his sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge by not filing a required post-verdict motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure fifty point one b.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act claims and remand of state-law claims. The panel also denied a motion for sanctions against the pro se appellant due to insufficient connection to the federal appeal.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court order denying a motion to compel arbitration. The court held that the arbitrator had already resolved the question of arbitrability, ruling that the plaintiff was not required to arbitrate certain claims against the defendant.
The Tenth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability to a state prisoner challenging the denial of a resentencing request under Oklahoma law. The court held that habeas relief is unavailable when the error involves only post-conviction procedures rather than the imposition of the conviction or sentence.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that denied a defendant's request to present a duress defense in an unlawful reentry prosecution. The court held that the defendant failed to provide sufficient evidence that the threat of harm he faced was immediate.
The Tenth Circuit reversed a district court's dismissal of a pro se employment discrimination complaint. The appellate court held that the district court erred by dismissing the case based on a statute of limitations defense without allowing the plaintiff to develop facts supporting equitable tolling.