PUBLISH UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
TENTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee,

v. WILLIAM JEFFREY TUCKER, TOMMY WAYNE DAVIS, MICHAEL SCOTT CALHOUN, Defendants - Appellants. Nos. 13-7047, 13-7048, 13-7049

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DI STRICT OF OKLAHOMA (D.C. NOS. 6:12-CR-00061-RAW-3, 6:12-CR-00061-RAW-2 & 6:12-CR-00061-RAW-1)

J. Lance Hopkins, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for Appellant William Jeffrey Tucker. Art Fleak, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Appellant Tommy Wayne Davis. James G. Wilcoxen, Muskogee, Oklahoma, for Appellant Michael Scott Calhoun. Thomas M. Wright, Assistant United States Attorney (Mark F. Green, United States Attorney, and Linda A. Epperl ey, Assistant United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Office of the United States Attorney of the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Muskogee, Oklahoma, for Appellee.

Before TYMKOVICH, HOLLOWAY, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges. FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit 

### March 11, 2014
Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court-2- MATHESON , Circuit Judge.

A grand jury indicted Michael Scott Ca lhoun, Tommy Wayne Davis, and William Jeffrey Tucker (collectively, the “Defendant s”) on 60 counts of wire fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire and mail fra ud. The indictment was based on Mr. Calhoun’s grand jury testimony in which he incriminated himself, Mr. Davis, and Mr. Tucker. Mr. Calhoun testifie d upon the advice of his counsel at the time, Tom Mills, who was paid by Texas Capital Bank, th e alleged victim of the fraud. After Mr. Calhoun secured new counsel, the Defendants moved to quash the indictment and suppress Mr. Calhoun’s grand jury testimony, contending the indictment was obtained in violation of the Fifth Am endment Indictment Clause, Mr. Calhoun’s Fifth Amendment privilege against self-i ncrimination, and Mr. Calhoun’s Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. The district court denied the Defendants’ motion. In these consolidated, pretri al interlocutory appeals, the Defendants challenge the district court’s denial of their motion to qu ash. The Defendants urge us to exercise jurisdiction under the “collateral order” exce ption to the final judgment rule, first articulated in Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. , 337 U.S. 541, 546-47 (1949). We conclude the collateral order doctrine does not apply and dismiss these appeals for lack of jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.-3- I. BACKGROUND
A. Factual Background The factual background of this case is complex, involving an elaborate alleged fraud scheme. Because the interlocutory appe als narrowly focus on the validity of the indictment, we briefly review the factual hist ory and then concentrate on events after Mr. Calhoun was subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury.
1. The Tri-County Fraud Scheme At the time of the conduct charged in th e indictment, Mr. Calhoun was the general manager of Tri-County Autoplex (“Tri-Coun ty”), an automotive de alership in Hugo, Oklahoma. Co-defendant Mr. Davis was empl oyed as Tri-County’s sales manager. In May 2007, Tri-County ob tained a line of credit fro m Texas Capital Bank (the “Bank”), pledging vehicles in its inventory as collateral. Befo re issuing the line of credit, the Bank required Tri-County to provide documentation proving ownership and possession of these vehicles. As proof of ownership, the Bank accepted Manufacturers Statements of Origin (“MSO’s”), which ar e industry-standard documents listing each vehicle’s manufacturing history, make, m odel, and vehicle identification number (“VIN”). MSO’s list the dealership as the ow ner of the vehicle until it is sold and the dealership issues a ti tle to the purchaser. According to the indictment, Tri-County leadersh ip entered into a conspiracy with James Dean Kayvonfar and Charles Matthew Spires, employees at Automotive Transfers-4- Incorporated (“ATI”). 1 ATI is a business that assi sts dealerships by locating and transferring vehicles from one dealership to another. Mr. Kayvonfar and Mr. Spires would send fraudulent MSO’s to Tri-County, which would provide the MSO’s to the Bank as proof of ownership for vehicles that were never part of its inventory. The Bank would then extend additional credit to Tri-County. Tri-County allegedly sought to conceal this fraudulent conduct by telling auditors that some of its fictitious inventory was on loan to another dealership in Hugo called “T or T Auto.” Mr. Tucker—the third co-defenda nt involved in this appeal—owned T or T Auto. The indictment alleges that Mr. Calh oun and Mr. Davis would call Mr. Tucker and list VIN numbers for fictitious cars. When aud itors called in reference to those vehicles, Mr. Tucker would recite those VINs, falsely confirming those vehicles were on loan to T
or T Auto. The Defendants contend the Bank particip ated in the Tri-County fraud scheme. They allege the Bank’s loan officer, Clint Kuykendall, “routinely engaged in the practice of creating false and inadequate audits, turni ng a blind eye to inadequate and suspicious paperwork, accepting dual an d fake financial reports, and allo wing cars to be sold out of trust.” Aplt. Br. at 4-5. The Government refe rs to the Bank as “the victim in this case” and has not charged Mr. Kuykendall or any ot her Bank employee. Aplee. Br. at 9.

1 Mr. Kayvonfar and Mr. Spires were ch arged in the same indictment as the Defendants, but they are not pa rties to the present appeal.-5- 2. Underlying Civil Litigation In May 2010, Steve Rouse—who in 20 07 was a co-owner of Tri-County — brought a civil action in Oklahoma state court alleging fraud in the financing and management of the dealership. The defend ants included Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Davis, the Bank, and Mr. Kuykendall. Mr. Calhoun reta ined Texas attorney Larry Friedman to represent him. On August 25, 2011, a ju ry awarded Mr. Rouse $65 million in actual and punitive damages against all defendants, including the Bank.
3. Mr. Calhoun’s Grand Jury Subpoena 2 In 2011, Mr. Calhoun receive d a subpoena to appear before a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, along with a letter informing him that he was a target of the grand jury’s investigation in to the Tri-County fraud scheme.

2 The following facts are taken from the magistrate j udge’s Findings and Recommendation on the Defendants’ mo tion to quash the indictment. See Calhoun ROA, Vol. I at 86. The magistrate judge’s factua l determinations were based largely on Mr. Calhoun’s testimony at an evidentiary hearing. The district court adopted the magistra te judge’s Findings and Recommendation in full. See id. at 108. We therefore accept these fa ctual findings unless they are clearly erroneous. See United States v. Madden , 682 F.3d 920, 929 (10th Cir. 2012) (reviewing factual findings relating to a motion to quash an indictment for clear error); see also Anderson v. City of Bessemer , 470 U.S. 564, 573-74 (1985) (“If the district court’s account of the evidence is plausible in light of the record viewed in its entirety, the court of appeals may not reverse it even though convi nced that had it been sitting as the trier of fact, it would have weighed th e evidence differently.”). Becau se we find no clear error in the magistrate judge’s factual determina tions, we have adopted them here.-6- FBI Agent Jeff Youngblood then contacte d Mr. Calhoun to ask if he would cooperate with the grand jury investigation. Mr. Calhoun re sponded that he intended to cooperate, but he could not afford counsel because he had exhausted his financial resources in the civil litigation. On August 19, 2011, the district court appointed Re x Earl Starr to represent Mr. Calhoun. Mr. Starr contacted Mr. Calhoun to say that he would be on vacation until the end of the month. According to Mr. Calh oun, Mr. Starr took no further action to represent him. As noted above, the civil judgment ag ainst the Bank and Mr. Calhoun (among others) was entered on August 25, 2011. Sh ortly thereafter, Mr. Calhoun’s civil counsel, Mr. Friedman, notified him that he intended to ask the Bank to retain and pay for criminal counsel for Mr. Calhoun. Mr. Friedman explai ned that if Mr. Calhoun testified to the grand jury that the alleged fraud originated with him and other Tr i-County leadership, that testimony could help overturn the civil judgment against the Bank. Mr. Friedman also prepared an “Affidav it of Non-Prosecution” for the Bank to sign, which said, “It is Texas Capital Bank’ s desire that Michael S. Calhoun not be prosecuted for any alleged offe nse arising out of or relate d to” Tri-County’s business with the Bank. Calhoun ROA, Vol. I at 54. Mr. Friedman assured Mr. Calhoun that even if he did get indicted, he would only rece ive probation. Mr. Ca lhoun agreed to Mr. Friedman’s plan and terminated Mr. Starr’s re presentation. The Bank then selected and retained Robert Wyatt to represent Mr. Calh oun. According to Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Wyatt-7- even offered to have the Bank refinance hi s mortgage to assist with his financial difficulties if he cooperated fully with the Government. Mr. Wyatt represented Mr. Calhoun for two months in the fall of 2011. He spoke with the Assistant United Stat es Attorney on the case, Ryan Roberts, and negotiated a plea deal under which Mr. Calhoun would pl ea to a one count indictment with his sentence capped at 60 months. Mr. Calho un told Mr. Wyatt the deal was not good enough and refused to appear at meetings M r. Wyatt set up with the FBI. Mr. Friedman advised Mr. Calhoun to terminate Mr. Wy att’s representation, which he did. Mr. Friedman then contacted the Bank to procure counse l for Mr. Calhoun again. The Bank hired Tom Mills in late December 2011 or early January 2012. As with Mr. Wyatt, the Bank paid for Mr. Mills’s representation. Mr. Mills met with Mr. Calhoun in Mr. Fr iedman’s office in Texas. At this meeting, Mr. Friedman told Mr. Mills that he believed Mr. Calh oun should not be prosecuted or alternatively should receive pr obation only. Mr. Mills told Mr. Friedman this “should not be a problem.” Calhoun ROA, Vol. I at 91. Mr. Mills, Mr. Friedman, and Mr. Calhoun to gether met with th e Bank’s attorneys, who agreed to contact the United States Attorn ey’s Office and tell them that the Bank did not want Mr. Calhoun prosecuted. Mr. Mills set up a meeting with Agent Yo ungblood in Oklahoma in January or February 2012. Mr. Mills to ld Agent Youngblood that the Bank did not want Mr.-8- Calhoun prosecuted. Mr. Calhoun later testifie d that he believed, based on this exchange, that he would not be indicted. On January 19, 2012, Mr. Calhoun gave Agent Youngblood a complete statement describing Tri-County’s dealings with the Bank, thereby incr iminating himself. On February 15, 2012, Mr. Calhoun testif ied before the grand jury. Before he took the stand, Mr. Mills told Mr. Calhoun he was working on a plea deal with AUSA Roberts, but that Mr. Roberts could not announ ce the deal until all the other defendants in the case had been tried and sentenced. Mr. M ills allegedly told Mr. Calhoun that under the terms of this deal, he would receive proba tion after giving substantial assistance to the grand jury investigation. During Mr. Calhoun’s grand jury testim ony, AUSA Roberts asked him if he understood he had a de al with the Government whereby he would plead guilty to a onecount indictment for conspiracy to defraud a financial institution a nd his sentence would be capped at five years, with a downward depa rture to less than five years if he provided substantial assistance. Mr. Ca lhoun said yes, but later testified at the district court’s hearing on his motion to quash that he belie ved the downward departure would get him to probation at worst. In his grand jury testimony, Mr. Calh oun incriminated himself and his codefendants, including Mr. Davis and Mr. Tucke r. At the district court hearing on his motion to quash, Mr. Calhoun testified hi s grand jury testimony was fully truthful.-9- 4. Mr. Mills’s Correspondence with the Bank Mr. Mills exchanged correspondence w ith the Bank about Mr. Calhoun’s representation, which Mr. Calhoun argues is evidence of Mr. Mills’s conflict of interest. On June 11, 2012, the Bank’s civil attorn ey, Stephen Jones, sent a letter to Mr. Mills. In this letter, Mr. Jone s stated that he had informed the Bank of Mr. Mills’s latest billing, for which he w ould receive payment shortly. Mr. J ones also sought to clarify the payment arrangement with the Bank, remi nding Mr. Mills the Ba nk would pay for Mr. Calhoun’s “reasonable, ordinary and necessary fees and expe nses if he was cooperating with federal and/or state law enforcement agen ts or prosecutors in their investigation.” Calhoun ROA, Vol. I at 93. Mr. Jones stated that the Bank will not pay, nor did it agree to pa y, for any work performed by [Mr. Calhoun’s] criminal defense attorney which represents an effort to prepare for trial on an indictment. In other words, we encourage his cooperation, but the Bank will not pay for a defense for someone who is fighting an indictment where th e Bank itself is the victim. Id. Mr. Jones also complained in the letter that Mr. Calho un had not yet met with the Bank’s attorneys and investigators to be “debriefed” about the civil litigation. Id. at 94. He requested an outline of the remaining work to be done in the criminal representation, along with a litigation budget. Id. Mr. Mills responded to Mr. Jones on June 15, 2012. He stated, in pertinent part, At no time in the past or present, or anticipated in the future have I ever billed, nor will I, for defending [Mr. Calhoun] against criminal charges. He is cooperating with the federal government, the state-10- government and will be debriefed by the bank and will testify for the bank as requested. I do not know where that though t came from, but if it came from me, it was a misc ommunication. If [Mr. Calhoun] ever “blows up” and says he wants a trial, I know that I will not be paid for such representation. He has never indicated that he was going to go that course. Id. at 94-95.
B. Procedural Background A grand jury indicted the Defendants on August 15, 2012, wholly on the basis of Mr. Calhoun’s grand jury testimony. The 60-c ount indictment charged Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Davis, and Mr. Tucker (along with Mr. Ka yvonfar and Mr. Spires, the ATI employees who had allegedly forwarded fraudulent MSO’ s to Tri-County) wi th the following: Count 1—Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud or Mail Fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349; Counts 2-31—Wire Fraud, in viola tion of 18 U.S.C. § 13 43; and Counts 32-60— Mail Fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. On November 27, 2012, th e Government filed a felony information charging Mr. Calhoun with a single count of conspiracy to commit a criminal offense or defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. Mr. Mills encouraged Mr. Calhoun to plead guilty to the one-count information in anticipation of the negotiated plea agreement. Mr. Mills and Mr. Calhoun prepared to attend a change of plea hearing on November 30, 2012, but on the way to the courthouse, Mr. Calhoun told Mr. Mills that he had changed his mind and refuse d to plead guilty. Mr. Mills notified the district court, and the plea hearing was cancelled.-11- On December 10, 2012, Mr. Mills moved to withdraw as Mr. Calhoun’s counsel, citing “irreconcilable differences [with Mr. Calh oun] in how to proceed with the case.” Calhoun ROA, Vol. I at 38. The district court granted the motion and, on January 14, 2013, appointed James Wilcoxen as Mr. Calhou n’s counsel. Mr. Wilcoxen has continued to represent Mr. Calhoun on appeal. On May 2, 2013, Mr. Calhoun—acting through Mr. Wilcoxen—moved to quash the indictment and to suppress his grand ju ry testimony. Mr. Calhoun contended that because the Bank paid Mr. Wyatt and Mr. Mills, a conflict of interest tainted their advice to Mr. Calhoun to testify before the grand jury and thus violated Mr. Calhoun’s Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. See Mickens v. Taylor , 535 U.S. 162, 171 (2002) (noting that a defendant can obtain relief under the Sixth Amendment without showing prejudice if he can demonstr ate that “an actual conflict of interest actually affected the ade quacy of his representation ” (quotations omitted)). Mr. Calhoun further argued that Mr. Wyatt and Mr. Mills effectively compelled him to deliver his grand jury testimony and that use of this testimony would violate his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination. See Ledbetter v. Edwards , 35 F.3d 1062, 1067 (6th Cir. 1994) (“The Fifth Amendment prohibits the prosecution’s use of a defendant’s compelled testimony.” (citing Oregon v. Elstad , 470 U.S. 298, 306-07 (1985)). 3

3 Mr. Calhoun’s motion to quash the indict ment also argued that the admission of his grand jury testimony violated his due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits the ad mission of coerced confessions. See Ledbetter v. Continued . . .-12- Mr. Tucker and Mr. Davis filed joinder mo tions and were granted leave to join Mr. Calhoun’s motion to quash. Mr. Davis’ s joinder motion added another argument that the Defendants have also raised on appeal: Th e indictment violated the Defendants’ Fifth Amendment right to be properly indicted before a grand jury. The matter was referred to a magistrate judge for a recommendation pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 59(b )(1). The magistrate judge recommended the district court deny the Defendants’ motion to quash because Mr. Calhoun had not proved an actual conflict of interest in Mr. Wyatt’ s and Mr. Mills’s representation of him. Specifically, the magistrate judge noted that under this circuit’s recent decision in United States v. Flood , 713 F.3d 1281 (10th Cir. 2013), a th ird-party fee arrangement does not automatically create a conflict of interest in a criminal case. As we explained in Flood , An actual conflict of interest exists only if counsel was forced to make choices advancing interests to the detrim ent of his client. In other words, there must be more than a potential conflict of intere st or a mere theoretical

______________________________________ Cont. Edwards , 35 F.3d 1062, 1067 (6th Cir. 1994) (noting, in the context of a state prisoner’s habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment “prohibits the admission of co erced confessions procured by means ‘so offensive to a civilized syst em of justice that they mu st be condemned’” (quoting Miller v. Fenton , 474 U.S. 104, 109 (1985)). The Fourteenth Ame ndment Due Process Clause is inapplicable in this instance, however, because this fede ral criminal prosecution does not involve a state actor. See U.S. Const. amend. XI V, § 1 (“nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, withou t due process of law” (emphasis added)); Malloy v. Hogan , 378 U.S. 1, 8 (1964) (“The Four teenth Amendment secures against state invasion the same privilege that the Fifth Amendment guarantees against federal infringement—the right of a person to remain silent unless he chooses to speak in the unfettered exercise of his own will . . . .”).-13- division of loyalties. To prevail, th e defendant has the burden of showing specific instances to support [his or] he r claim of actual conflict of interest. Id. at 1286-87 (quotations and c itations omitted). The magist rate judge concluded Mr. Calhoun had failed to meet this burden. On June 13, 2013, the district court a dopted the magistrate judge’s Findings and Recommendation in full and dismissed the moti on to quash the indictment and suppress Mr. Calhoun’s grand jury testimony. The di strict court agreed the Defendants had not demonstrated an actual conflict of interest as required by Flood . The district court added that it was unpersuaded by the Defendants’ argument “that Mr. Calhoun’s testimony was in a sense compelled.” Calhoun ROA, Vol. I at 107. The court noted that the Fifth Amendment privilege is not self-executin g, and “[a]n individual who makes selfincriminating statements with out claiming the privilege is deemed not to have been ‘compelled’ but to have spoken voluntarily.” Id. (quoting United States v. Ramos , 685 F.3d 120, 127 (2d Cir. 2012)). The Defendants urge us to exercise ju risdiction over these interlocutory appeals under the collateral order doctrine and reverse th e district court’s denial of their motion to quash the indictment and suppress Mr. Calho un’s grand jury testimony. The district court has stayed further proceedings pe nding the disposition of these appeals.
II. DISCUSSION Because we hold that we lack jurisdicti on, we do not reach the merits of the Defendants’ appeals.-14- A. Standard of Review Whether we have interlocutory jurisdicti on under the collateral order doctrine is a legal question that we determine in the first instance. See United States v. P.H.E., Inc. , 965 F.2d 848, 850 (10th Cir. 1992).
B. Legal Framework We briefly review the collateral order doc trine and its applications in criminal

cases. 1. Cohen ’s Collateral Order Doctrine The jurisdictional question in this case ar ises because the Defendants’ prosecution is still pending in the district court. Ordi narily, our appellate jurisdiction is limited to “final decisions of the district courts.” 28 U.S.C. § 1291. For this reason, we generally lack jurisdiction to review appeals by criminal defendants before the district court enters final judgment—meaning an order that “ends the litigation on the merits.” Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard , 486 U.S. 517, 521 (1 988) (quotations omitted); see United States v. Angilau , 717 F.3d 781, 785 (10th Cir. 2013). 4 Limited exceptions to this general prin ciple arise, however, under the so-called “collateral order doctrine,” first articulated in Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. ,

4 By contrast, the Government is permitt ed by statute to bring interlocutory appeals of district court orders (1) dismissi ng an indictment or information (or any part thereof); (2) suppressing or excluding evidence ; or (3) granting the release of a defendant or denying a motion for revocation or modifi cation of an order granting release. See 18 U.S.C. § 3731.-15- 337 U.S. 541, 546 (1949). See Angilau , 717 F.3d at 785. Cohen recognized a “small class” of district court orders that “finally determine claims of right separable from, and collateral to, rights asserted in the action, too important to be denied review and too independent of the cause itself to require that appellate consideration be deferred until the whole case is adjudicated.” 337 U.S. at 546. To fall within this small class, a di strict court order must satisfy three requirements: it must “[1] conclusively de termine the disputed qu estion, [2] resolve an important issue completely separate from the merits of the case, and [3] be effectively unreviewable on appeal from a final judgment.” Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay , 437 U.S. 463, 468 (1978); see also Angilau , 717 F.3d at 785; Milk ‘N’ More, Inc. v. Beavert , 963 F.2d 1342, 1344-45 (10th Cir. 1992). An order is “effectively unreviewable” under the third factor if it “involves an asserted right the legal and practical value of which would be destroyed if it were not vindicated before trial.” United States v. Quaintance , 523 F.3d 1144, 1146 ( 10th Cir. 2008) (quoting Lauro Lines S.R.L. v. Chasser , 490 U.S. 495, 498-98 (1989)).
2. Collateral Orders in th e Criminal Context Although courts use the collateral order do ctrine in a variety of civil litigation— most notably, to permit appeals from denial s of qualified immunity in cases brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, see Mitchell v. Forsyth , 472 U.S. 511, 525-27 (1985)—the Supreme Court has instructed that courts should use the excep tion to the finality-16- requirement sparingly in the criminal context, see United States v. Wampler , 624 F.3d 1330, 1334 (10th Cir. 2010). “Because of the compelling interest in prom pt trials,” the Court has “interpreted the requirements of the collateral-order excep tion to the final judgment rule with the utmost strictness in criminal cases.” Flanagan v. United States , 465 U.S. 259, 265 (1984). Indeed, the Supreme Court has appl ied the collateral order exception in only three categories of criminal cases: appeals from (1) motions to reduce bail; (2) motions to dismiss based on double jeopardy grounds; and (3) motions to a ssert immunity under the Speech or Debate Clau se of the Constitution. See United States v. Hollywood Motor Car Co., Inc. , 458 U.S. 263, 265-66 (1982); see also United States v. Culbertson , 598 F.3d 40, 46 (2d Cir. 2010). We have stated often that a criminal defendant invoking the collateral order exception must assert a “right not to be tried,” Quaintance , 523 F.3d 1146, resting upon “an explicit statutory or constitutional guarantee that trial will not occur,” Midland Asphalt Corp. v. United States , 489 U.S 794, 801 (1989). See, e.g. , Wampler , 624 F.3d at 1335-36; Quaintance , 523 F.3d at 1146; United States v. Storey , 2 F.3d 1037, 1041 (10th Cir. 1993). This requirement is rarely satisfi ed because there is a “crucial distinction between a right not to be tried and a ri ght whose remedy requires the dismissal of charges.” Midland Asphalt , 489 U.S. at 801. Accordingl y, very few motions to dismiss an indictment—even if fou nded on a valid constitutional right—will give rise to interlocutory appellate jurisdiction.-17- Put another way, a criminal defendant bri nging an interlocutory appeal must assert a right that cannot be vindicated on di rect appeal or collateral review. See Lauro Lines , 490 U.S. at 498-99. The three categorie s in which the Suprem e Court has permitted interlocutory criminal appeal s illustrate this principle. First, a motion to reduce bail is eligible for appellate review before trial because the right at issue—the right to reasonable bail under the Eighth Amendment—must be preserved “before trial,” or else it would “lose its meaning.” Stack v. Boyle , 342 U.S. 1, 4 (1951). The right will be rendered moot after e ither sentencing or acquittal. A defendant found guilty will no longer have the option of posting bail under the original bail order.
See 18 U.S.C. § 3143(a) and (b) (establishing separate requirements for release pending sentence and appeal). A defend ant found not guilty will have no need for bail. An order fixing bail is separate from the merits of tr ial, and “unless it can be reviewed before sentence, it can never be reviewed at all.” Stack , 342 U.S. at 12. Second, a Double Jeopardy Clause clai m would be rendered meaningless if motions to dismiss on double jeopardy ground s were not immediately reviewable. The Double Jeopardy Clause guarantees that no pe rson shall “be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb.” U.S. Const. amend. V (emphasis added). By its own terms, the clause prot ects defendants from standing trial for an offense for which they have already been placed in jeopardy. See Abney v. United States , 431 U.S. 651, 661 (1977). “[I]f a crimin al defendant is to avoid exposure to double jeopardy and thereby enjoy the full protection of the Cl ause, his double jeopardy challenge to the-18- indictment must be reviewable before that subsequent exposure occurs.” Id. at 662 (emphasis added). Third, the same reasoning applies to in terlocutory review of motions asserting immunity under the Speech or Debate Clause, which gua rantees that members of Congress shall not be “questio ned in any other Place”—i.e. in court—“for any Speech or Debate in either House.”. U.S. Const. Art. I, § 6, cl. 1. The Supreme Court has noted that just as the Double Jeopardy Clause prot ects individuals against being twice put to trial for the same offense, “the Speech or Debate Clause was designed to protect Congressmen ‘not only from th e consequences of litigation’s results but also from the burden of defending themselves.’” Helsostski v. Meanor , 442 U.S. 500, 508 (1979) (quoting Dombrowski v. Eastland , 387 U.S. 82, 85 (1967) (per curiam)). The Speech or Debate Clause, then, gran ts members of Congress immunity from certain prosecutions. A motion to dismiss an indictment based on th is clause is therefore reviewable on interlocutory appeal in the same manner as a denial of qualified immunity for purposes of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See, e.g. , Ortiz v. Jordan , 131 S. Ct. 884, 891 (2011). Although the Tenth Circuit has rarely permitt ed interlocutory criminal appeals that do not precisely fit one of these three traditi onal categories, we have done so only when the asserted right cannot be vindicated after tr ial, as will be discussed in further detail below. See In re Grand Jury Proceedings , 616 F.3d 1172, 1179 (10th Cir. 2010) (allowing appellant to bring an interlocutor y appeal challenging a grand jury subpoena served on a third party); United States v. Deffenbaugh Indus., Inc. , 957 F.2d 749, 754-55-19- (10th Cir. 1992) (permitting interl ocutory review of district court’s denial of motion to access the record of the number of juro rs concurring in the indictment); see also United States v. P.H.E., Inc. , 965 F.2d 848, 855 (10th Cir. 1992) (permitting defendants to immediately appeal the denial of their mo tion to dismiss an indictment based on an “unusual, perhaps unique conflu ence of factors: substantia l evidence of an extensive government campaign, of which this indictme nt is only a part, desi gned to use the burden of repeated criminal prosecu tions to chill the exercise of First Amendment rights”). But see Angilau , 717 F.3d at 786 (noting that “[w]hatever the merits of P.H.E. under current Supreme Court law,” the decision was “very narrow” and did not extend to claims of prosecutorial harassment that did not implicate the First Amendment). Notably, even if a post-judgment appe al “may afford the defendant only an ‘imperfect’ remedy,” we have declined to entertain interlocutory appeals where “ some meaningful review is available after trial.” Wampler , 624 F.3d at 1335 (quoting Mohawk Indus., Inc. v. Carpenter , 558 U.S. 100, 107 (2009)).
C. Analysis Defendants ask us to apply the collateral order exception in a context we have not previously addressed: an appeal from a mo tion to dismiss an indictment and suppress grand jury testimony based on (1) the Fifth Am endment right to be indicted by a grand jury; (2) the Fifth Amendment privilege agai nst self-incrimination; and (3) the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. We hold the collateral order exception inapplicable here and cons equently dismiss these appeals.-20- 1. Cohen Factors We may reach the merits of the Defendant s’ claims only if the district court’s order in this case (1) conclusively determined (2) an important issue separate from the merits of the case that (3) will be “effec tively unreviewable” once final judgment is entered. Coopers & Lybrand , 437 U.S. at 468 & n.10 (citing Cohen , 337 U.S. at 546). The parties appear to agr ee that the first two requireme nts are satisfied here. The district court’s order (1) conclusively determin ed that (2) the indictment in this case is substantively valid—an important conclusion that is separate from the Defendants’ guilt or innocence. The crucial question centers on the third collateral order requirement: whether the district court’s order is “effe ctively unreviewable” on appeal from final judgment. Id. at 468. We conclude it is not. Defendants have provided no reason why their claims ar e not reviewable on direct appeal or collateral review. Instead, they argue that becaus e Mr. Calhoun has testified to a grand jury that he was involved in fraudul ent conduct, he “canno t effectively defend himself” at trial, and neither can his co-defenda nts. Aplt. Suppl. Br. at 3. In other words, the Defendants contend their fate at trial is predetermined unless the indictment is dismissed. But they have failed to demonstr ate that they could not secure this remedy after trial on appeal from a final judgment. Of course, the Defendants may prefer to avoi d the expense of trial in this situation. But the Supreme Court has cautioned that while one might argue that “any claim, particularly a constitutional claim, that would be dispositive of the entire case if decided-21- favorably to a criminal defendant, should be decided as quickly as possible,” courts must be hesitant to expand the collateral order doctrine lest “the policy against piecemeal appeals in criminal cases . . . be swa llowed by ever-multiply ing exceptions.” Hollywood Motor Car Co., Inc. , 458 U.S. at 270; see also id. at 269 (noting that interlocutory jurisdiction is not automatic “[e]ven when the vindication of th e defendant’s rights requires dismissal of charges altogether”). Furthermore, we have specifically held that an improperly denied motion to dismiss can be meaningfully vi ndicated after trial, because “an appellate court can still undo an unlawful conviction[,] . . . [which] is generally all that’s required or permitted by § 1291.” Wampler , 624 F.3d at 1335 (citing Mohawk , 558 U.S. at 106). Here, the Defendants may proceed to trial and, if convi cted, raise the same challenges they bring now in hopes of having their convictions overturned. 5 Indeed, the Defendants’ Fifth Amendment claims are reviewable on direct appeal. See, e.g. , United States v. Kingston , 971 F.2d 481, 490-91 ( 10th Cir. 1992) (reviewing on direct criminal appeal a district court’s denial of a defendant’s motion to dismiss an indictment on Fifth and Sixth Amendment grounds). Their Sixth Amendment claims asserting ineffective assistance of counsel can and generally must be brought in a habeas action for post-conviction relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. See generally United States v. Galloway , 56 F.3d 1239 (10th

5 We make no determination as to wh ether Mr. Davis and Mr. Tucker would independently have standing to bring their cl aims alleging violations of Mr. Calhoun’s personal Fifth Amendment and Sixth Amendment rights.-22- Cir. 1995) (en banc). Although these avenues for re lief might be “imperfect,” see Wampler , 624 F.3d at 1335, they ar e sufficient to bar interlocutory review in this case. The Supreme Court has instructed against “individualized jurisdictional inquiry,” instead directing us to focu s on “the entire category to which a claim belongs.” Mohawk Indus ., 558 U.S. at 107 (quotations omitted). Viewing the Defendant s’ Fifth and Sixth Amendment claims categorically, we conclude they are fundamenta lly unlike the three categories of claims for which the Supreme Court has permitted in terlocutory criminal appeals, all of which involve rights that ca nnot be vindicated on dire ct appeal or other post-conviction review.
2. Defendants’ Arguments The Defendants acknowledge this case does not fit within one of the three categories for which the Supreme Court has permitted interlocutory criminal appeals— (1) motions to reduce bail, (2) motions to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds, and (3) motions to assert Speech or Debate Clause immunity. See Hollywood Motor Car Co. , 458 U.S. at 265-66. But they nonetheless ur ge us to consider their appeals, arguing (a) their claims implicate important rights and (b) their cases are similar to two instances in which the Tenth Circuit has permitted interlocutor y criminal appeals.

a. Importance and nature of rights Defendants argue their claims—particularly under the Fifth Amendment Indictment Clause—are comparable to clai ms under the Double Jeopardy Clause, which are reviewable immediately. See Abney , 431 U.S. at 660; see also Angilau , 717 F.3d at-23- 786. “Just as a defendant has a right not to be put in jeopardy twice for the same offense,” they contend, “he has a right to only be prosecuted by way of a fair jury process.” Aplt. Suppl. Br. at 13. Because both rights are equally important, the Defendants argue, both should give rise to interlocutory jurisdiction. We disagree. The constitutional rights at stake here are important. Moreover, we share the district court’s view that “[t]he potential ethical and professional ramifications for the attorneys involved are myriad,” and likewise do not condone a ny conflict of interest in Mr. Calhoun’s legal representation. Calhoun ROA, Vol I. at 98. Bu t the collateral order doctrine does not turn on the importance of the right asserted. The critical inquiry instead concerns the nature of the right and whether it can be vi ndicated after trial. As discussed above, Defendants’ rights in this case can be reviewed on direct appeal or collateral review. b. Tenth Circuit cases The Defendants also call our attentio n to two cases in which we permitted interlocutory criminal appeal s outside the three categories in which the Supreme Court has done so. We find both of these cases unavailing. i. In re Grand Jury Proceedings First, the Defendants point to our interloc utory review of a grand jury issue in In re Grand Jury Proceedings , 616 F.3d 1172, 1179 (10th Cir. 2010). The appellant in that case was the target of a grand jury inves tigation. His two attorneys—who were not parties to the appeal—were su bpoenaed to appear before the grand jury, and both-24- indicated that they were prepared to testify rather than risk contempt. Id. at 1176-78. The appellant moved to quash both subpoe nas, contending the attorneys’ testimony would implicate the attorney-client and work product privileges and violate his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. Id. at 1176. The district court denied his motion but stayed the subpo enas while the appellant appealed. Id. at 1178. This court permitted the appellant to bring his interlocutory appe al pursuant to the Perlman rule, which permits a person claiming a privilege to immediately appeal the denial of a motion to quash a grand jury su bpoena served on a thir d party (such as the subpoenaed attorneys in In re Grand Jury Proceedings ), so long as the appellant is not the subpoenaed witness. Id. at 1749; see Perlman v. United States , 247 U.S. 7, 13 (1918). The Defendants contend In re Grand Jury Proceedings “recognizes that there are limited circumstances where this Court does have interlocutor y jurisdiction to ensure the integrity of the [grand jury] process.” Aplt. Suppl. Reply Br. at 5. They argue that their case, like In re Grand Jury Proceedings , implicates the Defendants’ Sixth Amendment rights and should therefore be immedi ately reviewable. We disagree. The holding in In re Grand Jury Proceedings is narrow and has not been extended beyond its facts. See In re Grand Jury Subpoena , 709 F.3d 1027, 1029-30 (10th Cir. 2013) (refusing to extend In re Grand Jury Proceedings to permit interlocutory review for a witness who claimed that his personal Fifth Amendment right was violated by a subpoena that he received in his capacity as corporate record custod ian). The specialized Perlman rule applies in our circuit only to case s in which “an interlocutory appeal is-25- sought by an intervenor who cl aims a justiciable interest in preventing a third party’s disclosure of documents or testimony, and the party subject to the subpoena indicates that he or she will produce the records or te stify rather than risk contempt.” In re Grand Jury Proceedings , 616 F.3d at 1179. The rationale for this rule is plain. Although the denial of a motion to quash a grand jury subpoena is genera lly not immediately appealable, see id. at 1179, the Perlman rule provides a narrow exception that applies where the appellant is not the recipient of the subpoena. Interlocutory re view is necessary in such a circumstance because unlike a subpoenaed witness—who can raise his or her objections to the subpoena on appeal from a contempt cita tion if necessary—the party asserting the privilege is “without power to prevent the third part y from complying with the subpoena.” Id. In other words, the appellant cann ot assert his or her interest in a privilege except by interlocutory appeal be cause he or she lacks the power to seek recourse on appeal from a contempt citation or other final judgment. See id. ; In re Grand Jury Subpoena , 709 F.3d at 1030. ii. United States v. Deffe nbaugh Industries, Inc. Second, the Defendants cite United States v. Deffenbaugh Industries, Inc. , 957 F.2d 749, 754 (10th Cir. 1992). The defendants in that case were indicted on a number of charges, including a count of false statemen ts in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001. The district court dismissed that count of the i ndictment, finding § 1001 was inapplicable to the particular statements defendants had made. Id. at 750-52. The Government appealed-26- the dismissal of the count under 18 U.S.C. § 3731. See id. at 750. In response, the defendants brought an interlocutory cross-ap peal challenging the district court’s order denying the defendants access to the record of the number of jurors concurring in the indictment. The defendants questioned whet her the grand jury vote was adequate to support the indictment. Id. at 754-55. Addressing the defendants’ interlocutory cross-appeal, we noted that “technical challenges to the grand jury pro cess,” such as a claim that an indictment is not supported by enough votes, “are not reviewable upon appe al after trial” because under the Fifth Amendment, the lack of a valid grand jury indict ment gives rise to a right not to be tried. Id. (citing Midland Asphalt ,489 U.S. at 794, 802); see U.S. Const. amend. V (“No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury . . . .”). This right not be tried is implicated by any “defect so fundamental th at it causes . . . the indi ctment no longer to be an indictment,” Deffenbaugh , 957 F.2d at 755 (quoting Midland Asphalt , 489 U.S. at 802), and an inadequate grand jury vote is one such defect, id. The Defendants contend that the circum stance in this case—where Mr. Calhoun arguably indicted himself by following th e advice of counsel operating under a fundamental conflict of interest—is another su ch defect. We disagree for two reasons: (1) the Defendants’ substantive challenges to th e indictment here can be vindicated after a final judgment, unlike the defendants’ technical claims in Deffenbaugh ; and (2) we have refused to extend Deffenbaugh beyond its peculiar facts.-27- 1) Deffenbaugh ’s technical challenge Deffenbaugh involved “substantial claims attacking the technical validity of the grand jury process” that called into questi on the very existence of an indictment. Deffenbaugh , 957 F.2d at 755 (emphasis added). Sp ecifically, the district court denied the defendants’ motion to acce ss the record of the number of jurors concurring in the indictment. The defendants based their motion on an allegation that there were inadequate votes to support the indictment. Id . As this court explained, an inadequate vote total is a “fundamental defect” that “ causes the indictment no longer to be an indictment.” Id. A defendant indicted by an insuffi cient number of jurors has not been indicted at all. The defendant’s constitutio nal guarantee to be free from trial “unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury,” U.S. Const. amend. V, is violated upon being forced to stand trial, much like a defend ant’s Double Jeopardy Clause right or Speech and Debate Clause immunity. If th e defendant is forced to wait for postconviction relief, this right cannot be vindicated. In this case, in contrast, the Defendan ts do not challenge the existence of a technically valid indictment. They inst ead allege the indictment was based on unconstitutionally obtained testim ony and therefore invalid as a legal matter. This is a fundamentally different claim. The Supreme Court explained wh y this is so in an opinion rejecting interlocutory appeal of an order dismissing a motion to quash an indictment based on an alleged violati on of grand jury secrecy unde r Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e):-28- [The Grand Jury Clause] does indeed c onfer a right not to be tried (in the pertinent sense) when there is no grand jury indictment. Undoubtedly the common-law protections traditionally asso ciated with the gr and jury attach to the grand jury required by this pr ovision—including the requisite secrecy of grand jury proceedings. But that is far from saying that every violation of those protections, like the lack of a grand jury indictment itself, gives rise to a right not to be tried. We have held that even the grand jury’s violation of the defendant’s right agai nst self-incrimination does not trigger the Grand Jury Clause’s “right not to be tried.” Lawn v. United States, 355 U.S. 339, 349 (1958). Only a defect so fundamental that it causes the grand jury no longer to be a grand jury, or the indictment no longer to be an indictment, gives rise to the cons titutional right not to be tried. Midland Asphalt , 489 U.S. at 802 (emphasis added). Based on the foregoing, the technical challenge to the existence of an indictment in Deffenbaugh was immediately reviewable; a substantive challenge to an indictment’s legal propriety—based on the Fifth Amendment protection against sel f-incrimination or a similar constitutional guarantee—is not. The latter circumstance does not implicate a “right not to be tried” that cannot be vindic ated on direct appeal or collateral review. Defendants have not and cannot show why th eir challenge to the indictment cannot be vindicated on direct appeal or collateral review. 2) Deffenbaugh ’s limited reach In addition, our subsequent case la w, as well as the Supreme Court’s admonishments that the collate ral order doctrine is limited in scope, especially in criminal cases, persuade us that Deffenbaugh should be read narrowly. See United States v. Storey , 2 F.3d 1037, 1042 (10th Ci r. 1993) (declining to follow Deffenbaugh ); see also Flanagan , 465 U.S. at 265 (instruc ting us to interpret the co llateral order exception “with-29- the utmost strictness in criminal cases”); Angilau , 717 F.3d at 787 (noting “what appears to be the Supreme Court’s increasing reluctan ce to expand the collateral-order doctrine”). We have refused to extend Deffenbaugh ’s reach to substan tive challenges to an indictment. In United States v. Storey , the defendants filed a motion to dismiss an indictment based on two instances of prosecu torial misconduct: (1) a violation of grand jury secrecy under Rule 6(e), and (2) improp er remarks made by the prosecutor in front of the grand jury. 2 F.3d at 1038. We di d not permit them to bring an interlocutory appeal and specified that Deffenbaugh was inapplicable: Deffenbaugh involved a clear instance in wh ich the existence of a valid indictment per se was at issue. In contrast, in this case the grand jury properly convened and issued a valid indi ctment. No right to be tried under the Fifth Amendment is involved on these facts. Id. at 1042. The claims in this case are more similar to the grand ju ry secrecy and prosecutorial misconduct claims raised in Storey than to the technical challenge in Deffenbaugh . The grand jury in this case pr operly convened and issued an indictment. In these circumstances, Deffenbaugh is inapplicable, and the Defenda nts’ claims may therefore be raised only after a final judgment. To hold otherwise would open th e door to piecemeal criminal appellate litigation contrary to clear authority and instruc tion from the Supreme Court and the Tenth Circuit.
* * *-30- We conclude the Defendants have failed to support application of the collateral order doctrine to these appeals. Mindful of the “Supreme Court’s increasing reluctance to expand the collateral-order doctrine,” partic ularly in criminal cases, we hold that we lack jurisdiction to hear th is interlocutory appeal. Angilau , 717 F.3d at 787.
III. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, we dismiss the Defendants’ appeals for lack of jurisdiction.