Lakewood, CO
Appeals Lawyer at Lakewood, CO
Practice Areas: Appeals, Criminal Defense
OUTCOME: Petition for Postconviction Relief Granted
The district court partially granted the defendant's petition for postconviction relief finding that he had been denied his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel by his attorney's fai ... lure to perfect his appeal.
OUTCOME: Order Affirmed
The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that prior misdemeanor convictions fall within the Apprendi prior conviction exception.
OUTCOME: Settlement
The United States settled the plaintiff's claim that government officials violated her Fourth Amendment rights.
OUTCOME: Reversed and Remanded
The Tenth Circuit ruled that prison officials were entitled to qualified immunity in suit alleging Eighth Amendment violation for placing prisoner in a cell with gang members who assaulted him because ... of his Cuban nationality.
OUTCOME: Affirmed
The Tenth Circuit ruled that prison officials were not entitled to qualified immunity in suit alleging a strip search of a prisoner in front of other prisoners and prison officials in violation of the ... Fourth Amendment.
OUTCOME: Reversed
The Tenth Circuit ruled that a prisoner's Bivens action alleging an Eighth Amendment violation was barred by dismissal of her FTCA action.