United States Tenth Circuit - December 2010 Opinion Summaries

Hafed v. Fed'l. Bureau of Prisons

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prisoner's appeal from the dismissal of his action for failure to appear for a deposition, plaintiff's motion to appear in forma pauperis is...

Green v. Napolitano

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In an action claiming that the revocation of petitioners' I-130 petition violated their constitutional due process rights because they never had the...

Manzanares v. City of Albuquerque

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action against a city based on the alleged misconduct of a police officer, the district court's denial of plaintiff's Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(5)...

Lauck v. Campbell Cty.

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that plaintiff was improperly transferred and constructively discharged, summary judgment for defendants...

US v. Reese

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution for possessing firearms while subject to a domestic protection order, the dismissal of the indictment is reversed where: 1) the...

Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Rwy. Co. v. Pub. Serv. Co. of Okla.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Transportation
In an appeal from the district court's order confirming an arbitration board's decision regarding a rail pricing dispute, the order is affirmed where...

Constien v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law
In plaintiff's appeal from the dismissal of her suit against the U.S. and several agencies and officials for failure to serve them with process in...

Bryson v. Oklahoma City

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In an action claiming that defendant was wrongfully convicted of rape and kidnapping, the district court's order denying defendant's motion for...

Lopez v. Trani

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In an application for a certificate of appealability to appeal the district court's denial of petitioner's 28 U.S.C. section 2254 habeas petition, the...

US Airways, Inc. v. O'Donnell

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Transportation
In an action in seeking to enjoin defendant New Mexico state officials from regulating, pursuant to the New Mexico Liquor Control Act (NMLCA), the...