Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a challenge to a USCIS denial of lawful permanent resident status because the case became moot. The court held that USCIS provided the specific relief sought by reopening the application and issuing a new decision, thereby dissipating the controversy.
The Tenth Circuit denied a petition for review challenging the Board of Immigration Appeals' dismissal of a motion to reopen removal proceedings. The court held that the motion was untimely and that it lacked jurisdiction to review the BIA's refusal to exercise sua sponte authority.
The Tenth Circuit denied Jesus Dominguez's request for a certificate of appealability, upholding the district court's dismissal of his federal habeas petition as untimely. The court found that Dominguez failed to show that reasonable jurists could debate the correctness of the procedural ruling regarding the statute of limitations.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the denial of Jvan Jackson's motion to suppress evidence from three warrantless vehicle searches. The court held that Jackson lacked Fourth Amendment standing for the first search but that officers had reasonable suspicion and probable cause for the subsequent two stops.
The Tenth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability and dismissed a federal habeas petition because the district court's ruling on the statute of limitations was not reasonably debatable. The court found the one-year filing deadline expired in 2002 and the petitioner's subsequent state filings did not toll the period.
The Tenth Circuit dismissed an appeal from a supervised release revocation and granted counsel's motion to withdraw after finding all potential arguments frivolous. The court affirmed that the district court's findings of assault and no-contact violations were supported by a preponderance of the evidence.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for jail officers in an excessive force claim where the plaintiff failed to prove a specific officer caused a non-de minimis injury. The court also upheld the dismissal of a second lawsuit because the plaintiff failed to serve defendants within the time limits required by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment for Weiser Security Services, ruling that the plaintiff failed to prove causation in his Title VII retaliation claim. The court held that there was insufficient evidence that the decisionmaker knew of the protected activity or that a biased supervisor used the decisionmaker as a cat's paw.
The Tenth Circuit denied Heriberto Garcia-Rodriguez's request to file a successive habeas corpus motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The court held that newly discovered evidence must undermine the conviction itself, not merely the sentence, to qualify for authorization.