Allison H. Eid
How Judge Eid rules, drawn from 42 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Eid
Allison Hartwell Eid is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Appointed by President Donald J. Trump, Judge Eid received a commission on November 3, 2017.
Judge Eid's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Eid's own (checked October 11, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 11, 2026).
How Judge Eid decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In a dispute over a regulation, she declined to import limitations from its preamble that did not appear in the operative language.
“the limitations that appear in the preamble do not appear in the language of the regulation, and we refuse to engraft those limitations onto the language.”
In a statutory-interpretation case, she held that “all information” included the defendant’s mens rea.
“The phrase ‘all information’ means ‘all information,’ and that includes a defendant's mens rea.”
In her Liberty Global rehearing dissent, Eid would treat relevance as a meaningful threshold under the codified economic-substance doctrine and determine it from the doctrine’s common-law application.
“I would interpret § 7701(o) to require a meaningful threshold relevancy determination, and I would make this determination by examining how courts have applied the economic substance doctrine under the common law.”
Procedural preferences
In a qualified-immunity appeal, she applied the requirement that clearly established law be particularized to the facts of the case.
“the clearly established law must be ‘particularized’ to the facts of the case.”
In an arbitration dispute, she held that a court had to decide whether an arbitration agreement was formed in the first instance.
“the issue of whether an arbitration agreement is formed in the first instance must be determined by the court”
In her dissent in Abedi v. Carter, Eid concluded that the petitioner’s release from immigration detention mooted his appeal because he had not shown a reasonable expectation of being detained again.
“Abedi’s release from immigration detention mooted his appeal, and Abedi has not shown that the exception for wrongs capable of repetition yet evading review applies.”
Cautions
In an appeal about expired grazing permits, the court held that the plaintiff lacked standing because relief could not redress the alleged harm. The court did not reach the recusal issue or the merits.
“Therefore, Western Watersheds Project lacks standing.”
In this appeal, she held that parties could not contract around the doctrine at issue.
“we cannot allow parties to contract around that doctrine.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the reasons stated above, we AFFIRM Olea-Monarez’s conviction on Count 8 of the indictment.”
“We affirm the district court's order denying plaintiffs' Rule 59(e) motion.”
“we GRANT the petition for review, REVERSE the decision of the ALJ, and VACATE the citation.”
“For the reasons set forth above, we AFFIRM the district court's denial of Coddington's petition for habeas relief.”
“we REVERSE the district court's judgment on the Eighth Amendment and substantive due process claims and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
“We VACATE the district court's judgment compelling arbitration and REMAND for the district court to determine if Fedor and UHC formed the 2016 arbitration agreement.”
“For the reasons above, we REVERSE the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees under § 78B-5-825 and REMAND for further proceedings.”
“For the reasons stated above, we AFFIRM the district court's application of the arson cross-reference to Logsdon's sentence.”
“Respect for tribal sovereignty required that, before the court below decided this complex and difficult question about the scope of ICRA habeas, the banished members must have either exhausted their tribal remedies or met the heavy burden of demonstrating why they had not.”
“we reverse the district court's denial of summary judgment as to Dulayev and remand with instructions to grant Dulayev qualified immunity and enter judgment in Dulayev's favor.”
“We REVERSE the district court's dismissal of counts 5 and 6 of the indictment and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
“We AFFIRM the district court's dismissal of this case for lack of Article III standing.”
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