Federal Circuits, 10th Cir. (November 29, 1993)
Docket number: 93-631
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Before: SEYMOUR, BALDOCK and BRORBY, Circuit Judges.
ORDERPER CURIAM.Respondent was ordered to show cause why he should not be fined, disbarred or otherwise disciplined for filing frivolous appeals in numbers 93-1070 and 93-1139, Deherrera v. Denver, 7 F.3d 1044 (10th Cir.1993) after the entry of this court's orders in Sandlin v. Canady (In re Canady), 993 F.2d 1551 (10th Cir.1993) and Dunkin v. Louisiana-Pacific Corp., Nos. 92-1230 & 92-1381 (10th Cir. February 11, 1993), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 114 S.Ct. 87, 126 L.Ed.2d 54 (1993) and for filing a frivolous appeal in Casillan v. Regional Transportation District, 986 F.2d 1426 (10th Cir.1993). Respondent maintains the appeals were not frivolous. We disagree.The appeals were found to be frivolous by the panels who decided them. We cannot overrule the judgment of another panel of this court. We are bound by the precedent of prior panels absent en banc reconsideration or a superseding contrary decision by the Supreme Court. United States v. Killion, 7 F.3d 927 (10th Cir.1993); United States v. Spedalieri, 910 F.2d 707, 710 n. 3 (10th Cir.1990) (a three-judge panel cannot overrule circuit precedent); United States v. Berryhill, 880 F.2d 275, 277 (10th Cir.1989), cert. denied,Try vLex for FREE for 3 days
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