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U.S. v. SANDERS

No. 14-1296.

796 F.3d 1241 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Beverly Kim SANDERS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 7, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Bishop Grewell , Assistant United States Attorney ( John F. Walsh , United States Attorney, with him on the briefs), Office of the United States Attorney, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Howard A. Pincus , Assistant Federal Public Defender ( Virginia L. Grady , Federal Public Defender, with him on the brief), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before LUCERO, BACHARACH, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.

We consider the constitutionality of a decision to impound a vehicle based on a community-caretaking justification. Such impoundments have been the topic of substantial debate and disagreement among our sibling circuits. In this case, police, for reasons not articulated in any policy, impounded a vehicle lawfully parked in...

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