Our privacy policy outlines the types of information we learn when you visit our website and how such information will be used.

Information Routinely Collected and Stored

If you visit our website to view or download information, we collect and store the following information:

• The name of the domain from which you accessed the Internet, such as a web search engine.
• The IP address from which you accessed our website. An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the internet.
• The date and time you access our website.
• The type of browser and operating system used to access our website.
• The pages you visit.
• If you linked to our website from another website, the address of the originating website.

This analytical information is used solely for the purpose of evaluating and maintaining our website. From this information, we learn what users like and need; what kind of technology they are using; how often they visit; and other valuable information that helps us to offer our visitors the best website possible.  This information is collected anonymously and, in the aggregate, and no information is traceable to a specific individual.  Additional information may be collected as outlined in the Security Notice section below.

Information You Provide

If you choose to provide us with personal information, by entering your name and email address when leaving a comment, it will be used only for the purpose(s) you state. We collect such information only to respond to requests. The Court does not share that information with others, and we do not collect information for commercial marketing.

Security Notice

This is a restricted government system for official judiciary business only. All activities on this system for any purpose, and all access attempts, may be recorded and monitored or reviewed by persons authorized by the federal judiciary for improper use, protection of system security, performance of maintenance, and appropriate management by the judiciary of its systems. By using this system or any connected system, users expressly consent to system monitoring and to official access to data reviewed and created by them on the system. Any evidence of unlawful activity, including unauthorized access attempts, may be reported to law enforcement officials.

Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this server are strictly prohibited and may be punishable by law, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996.

External Links

When you click a link that leaves the court's website, you are going to websites created and maintained by other public and private organizations. These links are provided for the user's convenience. The Tenth Circuit does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of this outside information; nor does it control or guarantee the on-going availability, maintenance, or security of these Internet websites. Further, the inclusion of links is not intended to reflect their importance or to endorse any views expressed, or products or services offered, on these outside websites, or the organizations sponsoring the websites.

Twitter Comment Policy

The Tenth Circuit does not control, moderate, enforce, or respond to comments, direct messages, or opinions provided by vistors to Twitter.

Court Decisions

Federal law – specifically, Section 205 of the E-Government Act of 2002 – requires all federal courts to post text-searchable copies of their non-sealed decisions on their public websites. The presumption is that all of the court’s decisions will be available online unless the court orders otherwise. The Clerk's Office does not have authority to seal the court’s decisions, or to remove them from the court’s website.