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United States v. Vano — 10th Cir. (Sep 16, 2026)

No. 25-3128 Argued September 16, 2026 Published September 28, 2026

The Tenth Circuit hears Isaac Vano's appeal from two federal gun-law convictions. After leaving prison, Vano lived with his parents in Kansas while under state post-release supervision. Officers then searched his locked bedroom without a separate search warrant and found ammunition and three boxed silencers. A jury convicted him, and the district judge declined to suppress the evidence or set aside the silencer verdict. Vano now challenges the bedroom search and whether the evidence proved he knew the boxes held silencers.

United States v. Vano (No. 25-3128) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, argued September 16, 2026.

Sources
Argument audio — Tenth Circuit (public domain, 17 U.S.C. § 105):https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/oralarguments/25-3128.mp3
Argument listing and date — Tenth Circuit:https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/oralargument/search-results?field_oa_hearing_date_value%5Bmin%5D%5Bdate%5D=08%2F01%2F2026&field_oa_hearing_date_value%5Bmax%5D%5Bdate%5D=09%2F28%2F2026
Suppression order — U.S. District Court, Kansas:https://ecf.ksd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2023cr20061-42=
Silencer-verdict order — U.S. District Court, Kansas:https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-ksd-2_23-cr-20061/pdf/USCOURTS-ksd-2_23-cr-20061-1.pdf
Pending appellate issues — Kansas Federal Public Defender:https://ks.fd.org/sites/ks/files/media-library/issues-pending-20260402.pdf
Appellate docket mirror and defense counsel — Justia:https://dockets.justia.com/docket/circuit-courts/ca10/25-3128
Dan Hansmeier — Kansas Federal Public Defender:https://ks.fd.org/node/8564
Griffin v. Wisconsin — U.S. Supreme Court:https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/483/868
United States v. Knights — U.S. Supreme Court:https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/534/112
Illinois v. Krull — U.S. Supreme Court:https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/480/340

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