Wyoming Interference Law
<H2> United States of America v. Jorge Saavedra-Delgado
Cheyenne, Wyoming, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry into the U.S. On June 28, 2025, Saavedra-Delgado, 42, of Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico, a citizen of Mexico, was contacted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while he was in the Lincoln County Jail after being arrested on state charges for interference with a peace officer and other offens... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - WY)<H2> United States of America v. Jorge Saavedra-Delgado
Cheyenne, Wyoming, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal of an alien. On June 28, 2025, Jorge Saavedra-Delgado, 42, of Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico, a citizen of Mexico, was contacted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while he was in the Lincoln County Jail after being arrested on state charges for interference with a peace officer... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - WY)United States of America .v David Leon-Campos
Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry after deportation.<br> <br> David Leon-Campos, 33, of Guanajuato, Mexico, was sentenced to 7 months' imprisonment and will be deported for illegal reentry into the United States and employment document fraud. According to court documents, on July 14, 2024, Leon-Campos was arrested in Sweetwater County... More...
$0 (07-16-2025 - WY)State of Wyoming v. Alvaro Gonzales Mancia
Jackson, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with interference with a peace officer. <br> <br> Alvaro Gonzales Mancia, age 25, snuck up on a deuty at the Teton County jail.<br> <br> Wyoming 6-5-204 provides: <br> <br> (a) A person commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or b... More...
$0 (04-26-2022 - WY)United States of America v. Arapaho James Oldman
Arapaho James Oldman and Matthew Whiteplume severely beat Charles Dodge<br> III. One of them cut his throat. Mr. Dodge died from blunt-force trauma and/or sharpforce<br> injuries.<br> 2<br> A grand jury charged Mr. Oldman with first-degree murder as both a principal and<br> an aider and abettor. At trial, the district court refused his request for a lesser-included<br> offense instruction on assau... More...
$0 (10-21-2020 - WY)Steven Jacob Mitchell V. The State of Wyoming
<center><br> <img width="300" src=" https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Wyoming_Supreme_Court_Building%2C_Cheyenne%2C_Southwest_view_20110823_1.jpg "><br> <h2> Wyoming Supreme Court </h2><br> </center><br> <br> Mr. Mitchell’s criminal proceeding arose from his actions during a lengthy custody battle over his daughter, EP. The custody proceedings involved several jurisdictions... More...
$0 (10-02-2018 - WY)JASON E. MILLER v. THE STATE OF WYOMING <table> <td>
On April 1, 2015, a bartender contacted the Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office to report a man in the bar attempting to sell marijuana. A law enforcement officer responded to the call and found Appellant in a van in the parking lot. When Appellant rolled down the window, the officer smelled a strong odor of marijuana. During a search of the vehicle, the officer discovered marijuana, various dru... More...
$0 (08-30-2018 - WY)AVENTURA H. PALOMO, JR. v. THE STATE OF WYOMING <table> <td>
In the early morning hours of September 29, 2015, Officer Lisa Koeppel of the Cheyenne Police Department responded to a call from dispatch concerning a fight between Appellant and his brother. When she arrived, the two men ran. She ordered them to stop, then gave chase. Appellant attempted to enter his residence, but she stopped him from doing so. He then turned toward her, grabbed her ballis... More...
$0 (04-17-2018 - WY)United States of America v. Cody J. Cyson, Hanna F. Ponder and Thomas L. Brown
Yellowstone, WY - Bison Protestors Enter Guilty Pleas at the Yellowstone Justice Center<br> <br> Cody J. Cyson, of Minnetonka, Minnesota and Thomas L. Brown of East Hardwick, Vermont, each entered guilty pleas today in US District Court at the Yellowstone Justice Center in Mammoth, Wyoming, to the charges of entering a closed area in Yellowstone National Park and interference with an agency functi... More...
$0 (03-12-2018 - WY)James Bryant Harris, Jr. v. The State of Wyoming
[¶1] James Bryant Harris, Jr., argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to<br> suppress evidence obtained as a result of a detention and subsequent search of his<br> vehicle. We affirm.<br> ISSUE<br> [¶2] Mr. Harris submits his single issue on appeal:<br> Did the trial court err in denying Appellant’s Motion to Suppress<br> Evidence obtained as a result of his illegal detention ... More...
$0 (02-13-2018 - WY)Theresia Renee Breen v. Jamie Black; Allyson Black
After contentious divorce and child custody proceedings, Theresia Renee<br> Breen filed this lawsuit against her ex-husband, Jamie Black, and his wife, Allyson<br> Black. She raised a variety of claims, including civil stalking, tortious interference<br> with existing business relations, slander, and libel. The district court entered a<br> summary judgment in favor of the Blacks on all claims, cit... More...
$0 (09-15-2017 - WY)Chad Dockter v. The State of Wyoming <table> <td>
Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the State and resolving any evidentiary conflicts in its favor, see Barrowes v. State, 2017 WY 23, ¶ 3, 390 P.3d 1126, 1126 (Wyo. 2017), the pertinent facts established at trial are as follows. Appellant and the victim Amanda Yearsley dated for six months before Ms. Yearsley ended the relationship in May 2015. Ms. Yearsly then met with Appellant... More...
$0 (06-07-2017 - WY)Roger Garling v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Roger Garling, Sheryl Garling, and their business, R and D Enterprises, Inc., <br> (collectively, “the Garlings”) sued the United States for damages arising from an <br> FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit <br> <br> March 7, 2017 <br> <br> Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court <br> <br> <br> - 2 - <br> <br> Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) raid and investigation of... More...
$0 (03-10-2017 - WY)<b>CASSANDRA L. McEUEN v. THE STATE OF WYOMING</b>
On August 21, 2015, on-duty Officer Josh Buhmann noticed an ATV driving on an Evanston street without a license plate. Officer Buhmann activated his overhead lights and activated his air horn, but the driver of the ATV, Cassandra McEuen, did not stop and drove the ATV into an alleyway and eventually an apartment complex parking lot. Ms. McEuen began walking toward the apartment complex, but tur... More...
$0 (02-18-2017 - WY)<b>JEREMIAH ANTHONY MARSHALL, a/k/a JEREMIAH ANTHONY MAHONEY v. THE STATE OF WYOMING, </ center></b>
In November 2014, Mr. Marshall was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped for driving with its high-beam headlights on. During the stop, the officer learned from the driver of the vehicle that Mr. Marshall had given the officer a false name. The officer conducted a pat-down search of Mr. Marshall and detected an object in his left pant leg pocket. When the officer inquired about the object, ... More...
$0 (12-18-2016 - WY)Richard J. Redding v.The State of Wyoming
On the evening of December 26, 2014, Mr. Redding was intoxicated and arguing with his wife. In an effort to calm himself and prevent the dispute with his wife from escalating, he called law enforcement. Officers Ableman and Coates of the Douglas, Wyoming Police Department responded to the call. Mr. Redding told the officers his wife had been yelling at him and causing problems, and he asked tha... More...
$0 (04-01-2016 - WY)John Henry Knospler, Jr. v. The State of Wyoming
On the night of October 3, 2013, Appellant and the victim, James Baldwin, separately visited Racks Gentlemen’s Club in Casper. Around 10:30 p.m., Appellant was asked to leave after he was observed with marijuana inside the bar. Appellant left and sat in his vehiclein the parking lot. Shortly before midnight, bar employees found the victim asleep at a bar table and asked him to leave. The emp... More...
$0 (01-08-2016 - WY)John Henry Knospler, Jr. The State of Wyoming
On the night of October 3, 2013, Appellant and the victim, James Baldwin, separately visited Racks Gentlemen’s Club in Casper. Around 10:30 p.m., Appellant was asked to leave after he was observed with marijuana inside the bar. Appellant left and sat in his vehiclein the parking lot. Shortly before midnight, bar employees found the victim asleep at a bar table and asked him to leave. The emp... More...
$0 (01-05-2016 - WY)GARY C’HAIR and ROCHELLE C’HAIR, v. DISTRICT COURT of the NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT and JOHN STROHECKER,
On July 27, 2009, Plaintiff, John Strohecker, who is a non-Indian resident of Riverton, Wyoming, was traveling southbound on Wyoming Highway 789 from his home in Riverton to Lander, Wyoming. As Plaintiff passed the parking lot of the Northern Arapaho 789 Smokeshop/Casino, Defendant Gary C’Hair pulled out of the parking lot and struck the vehicle Mr. Strohecker was driving. Mr. C’Hair is an ... More...
$0 (08-26-2015 - WY)Roger Brecheen, M.D. v. Maura Lofaro, M.D.
Plaintiffs Roger Brecheen, M.D., his wife, Kathy Watkins-Brecheen, and Jackson<br> Hole Ob-Gyn, P.C., a professional corporation formed by Brecheen, filed this action<br> asserting a host of federal and state claims arising out of Brecheen's eviction from an<br> office building in Jackson, Wyoming. Among those were two claims asserted under 42<br> U.S.C. § 1983, one for deprivation of Brecheen'... More...
$0 (05-21-2014 - WY)Powder River Basin Resource Council v. State of Wyoming, ex rel. Wyoming Oil and Gas Resource Council Conservation Commission
The Powder River Basin Resource Council sued the State of Wyoming, ex rel. Wyoming Oil and Gas Resource Council Conservation Commission on an open records request denial theory claiming that the Defendant failed and refused to provide public information in its possession about the chemicals sued by oil companies to frack geological formations in their efforts to produce oil and gas.<br> <br> The S... More...
$0 (03-26-2013 - WY)Roger Schanzenbach v. Town of La Barge, Wyoming
Plaintiff Roger Schanzenbach sought to install mobile manufactured homes on two properties he owned in the town of LaBarge, Wyoming. The town council initially granted him a building permit for one property but revoked it about two weeks later and then enacted an ordinance that included a provision banning the installation of any manufactured home older than 10 years at the time of the relevant pe... More...
$0 (02-08-2013 - WY)United States of America v. Terrence Rutland
Does the operation of a drug business out of your home involve interstate commerce? In this case, Terrence Rutland was convicted in federal district court on robbery, narcotics, and firearm charges. Rutland contends his federal conviction for robbery and use of a firearm during a violent felony are invalid, arguing that the robbery of a drug dealer at his home did not interfere with interstate com... More...
$0 (01-22-2013 - WY)Raymond Sandoval v. State of Wyoming, ex rel. Wyoming Department of Transporation
[¶1] This opinion encompasses three separate appeals that involve two appellants, but all challenge the same Laramie ordinance. While the appeals have not been consolidated, we join them for the purpose of opinion. The appellants, Raymond Sandoval (Sandoval) and Stacey L. Nelson (Nelson), challenged the validity of Laramie Enrolled Ordinance 1592 in their contested case hearings regarding the sus... More...
$0 (12-19-2012 - WY)Joshua Jorgen Hanson v. Melanie Smith Belveal
<br><br>[¶1] These combined appeals arise out of post-divorce proceedings. In No. S-11-0130, Father appeals the district court's order denying his petition to modify the parties' divorce decree, which granted mother primary physical custody of their minor child, and to grant him primary physical custody of their child. In No. S-11-0131, Father appeals the district court's order that he pay... More...
$0 (08-01-2012 - WY)Operation Save America v. The City of Jackson
[¶1] The Town of Jackson applied to the district court for an ex parte temporary restraining order (TRO) against Operation Save America (OSA), an anti-abortion protest group. The Town sought to restrict OSA's demonstration activities in and around the Jackson Town Square during the Boy Scouts' 2011 annual Elk Fest. The district court granted the ex parte TRO, which enjoined OSA "from assembling o... More...
$0 (04-10-2012 - WY)Chip Dave v. Bill Valdez
[¶1] Chip Dave (the appellant) purchased a car on eBay. Before he took possession of the vehicle, the seller sold it to another buyer, Bill Valdez (the appellee). The appellant filed a complaint against the appellee citing a number of causes of action, including replevin. Following the appellee's failure to respond to the appellant's second amended complaint, a default judgment was entered and th... More...
$0 (04-13-2012 - WY)Charles Pater v. The City of Casper
This case arises out of a contract dispute between two landowners and the City of Casper regarding whether the landowners are obligated to reimburse the City for certain street improvements. When the landowners did not comply with the City's demands for payment, the City recorded deficiency notices in the local property records for their lots. With this burden on the landowners' titles, the City e... More...
$0 (07-25-2011 - WY)Peter B. Kibbee v. First Interstate Bank, Sheridan, Wyoming
[¶1] This is an appeal from the granting of multiple summary judgments arising out of a challenge by the appellant, Peter B. Kibbee, to changes made to the estate plan of his step-mother, Mercedes Kibbee. Peter asserts that documents that significantly modified Mercedes' estate plan are invalid because Mercedes lacked the requisite mental capacity, that she was unduly influenced by her previously... More...
$0 (11-05-2010 - WY)Robert McBride v. Market Street Mortgage
Robert McBride entered into a three-year Employment Agreement with Market Street Mortgage Company (Market Street) in which it agreed to pay him $230,000 in Annual Base Salary. Approximately seven months into the Agreement, Market Street sent McBride a letter informing him his salary was being reduced to $85,000. Believing he had suffered a "reduction by the Company in [his] Annual Base Salaryâ€... More...
$0 (06-02-2010 - WY)Scott Kerbs v. Eugene W. Walck, Jr.
[¶1] After a bench trial, the district court entered judgment in favor of Eugene W. Walck, Jr., ruling that the Kerbs Ranch1 had wrongfully interfered with Mr. Walck's water rights. The Kerbs Ranch appeals. We will affirm.<br> <br> ISSUES<br> <br> [¶2] The Kerbs Ranch presents these three issues:<br> <br> 1. Did the trial court err in awarding damages to Mr. Walck for lost crop production that w... More...
$13917 (04-27-2010 - WY)Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Pipeline Company v. Saddle Ridge, LLC
This case arises from a contract dispute between Saddle Ridge, a real estate development company, and Suncor Energy, a corporation that owns an easement over a parcel of Saddle Ridge's land. After both parties moved for summary judgment,1 the district court granted summary judgment in favor of Suncor. Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.<br><br>I<br><br>The parties a... More...
$0 (03-04-2010 - WY)Deborah McGarvey v. Key Property Management LLC and Bicentennial Village Associates, LLC
[¶1] Deborah McGarvey filed a wrongful termination suit against her employer, claiming that she was discharged from her job for reasons that violate public policy. The district court granted summary judgment for the employers, ruling that Ms. McGarvey had not presented facts necessary to sustain her cause of action. Ms. McGarvey challenges that decision. We will affirm.<br><br>ISSUES<br><br>[¶2]... More...
$0 (07-01-2009 - WY)William F. West Ranch, LLC, et al. v. Partick Tyrrell, Wyoming State Engineer and The Wyoming Board of Control
[¶1] William F. West Ranch, LLC (West) and the Turners (Turner) appeal the district court's determination that it did not have jurisdiction over their declaratory judgment action challenging the Wyoming State Engineer's and Wyoming Board of Control's (hereinafter referred to collectively as ―the State‖) administration of underground water produced and stored as part of the process o... More...
$0 (05-07-2009 - WY)Corrine L. Sheaffer v. State of Wyoming ex rel. University of Wyoming, et al.
[¶1] This is an appeal from summary judgment granted against appellant Corrine Sheaffer ("Sheafferâ€) and for appellees the State of Wyoming ex. rel. the University of Wyoming ("UWâ€) and its employees Richard Johnson, Kevin White, and Bruce Hooper ("Johnson,†"White,†and "Hooperâ€). Sheaffer worked for UW for over twenty-five years. After her involvement in an illici... More...
$0 (02-18-2009 - WY)William Trujillo and Barbara Trujillo v. Pacificorp
William and Debra Trujillo brought this action against PacifiCorp claiming their employment with PacifiCorp was terminated in violation of the association clause of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §12112(b)(4), and the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. The district court granted PacifiCorp summary judgment on both claims. We re... More...
$0 (05-12-2008 - WY)<a href="http://www.utcourts.gov/opinions/supopin/Ivers020607.pdf" target="_new">James Ivers; Katherine G. Havas; and P and F Food Services, v. Utah Department of Transportation</a>
<P> 1 The Utah Department of Transportation ("UDOT") condemned a portion of private property for the construction of a frontage road adjacent to U.S. Highway 89 in Farmington, Utah. The construction of the frontage road was part of a larger project to widen and elevate Highway 89. Petitioners James Ivers, Katherine G. Havas, and P & F Food Services (collectively, "Arby's") sought severance ... More...
$0 (03-09-2007 - WY)<a href="http://courts.state.wy.us/Opinions/2007WY10.pdf" target="_new">Thomas L. Wilson and Helen L. Wilson v. Lucerne Canal and Power Company</a>
<P>[1] After a bench trial, the district court ruled in favor of Lucerne Canal and Power Company in a quiet title action that developed out of a festering easement dispute with Thomas L. Wilson and Helen L. Wilson. We affirm in part and reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings consistent herewith. <P> ISSUES <p> [2] 1. Are the Wilsons‘ claims barred by the doctrine of res judic... More...
$0 (01-25-2007 - WY)<a href="http://www.kscourts.org/ca10/cases/2006/12/06-8016.htm" target="_new">Notwen Corporation, et al. v. American Economy Insurance Company</a>
<P>Plaintiffs Notwen Corporation, WCN/GAN Partners Ltd., and William C. Newton (collectively, "Notwen plaintiffs" or just "plaintiffs,")(1) were insured under a businessowners liability policy issued in Wyoming by defendant American Economy Insurance Company (AEIC). The policy covered, among other things, unintended and unexpected property damage caused by plaintiffs through accidental occurrences... More...
$0 (12-05-2006 - WY)<a href="http://courts.state.wy.us/Opinions/2006WY142.pdf" target="_new">Richard B. Osborn v. Russell Kilts</a>
<P>[1] Richard B. Osborn appeals a decision of the district court ordering him to remove "all junk and debris" placed by him along an access easement he holds over the land of Russell Kilts. Osborn claims that he owns the access road and can properly exclude Kilts, and also that he has the right to maintain his road as he sees fit. Finding no merit in this appeal, we affirm and award costs to Kilt... More...
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