U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Garcia v. Moore
August 20, 2026
Summary
The court affirmed dismissal without prejudice of the prisoner’s civil-rights action because the requested relief would imply that his federal conviction or sentence was invalid. Garcia did not show that his conviction had been reversed, expunged, declared invalid, or otherwise called into question in a federal postconviction proceeding. The court also held that Garcia’s immigration-related authorities did not establish the invalidity of his conviction or sentence.