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 This order and judgment is not binding precedent except under the

doctrines of law of the case, res judicata and collateral estoppel. The court

generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order

and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

Filed 7/23/96

TENTH CIRCUIT

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JAMES EDWARD QUALLS,

 Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION

DISTRICT,

 Defendant-Appellee,

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DAVID L. SMITH,

. Attorney-Appellant.

Nos. 95-1385, 95-1459, 95-1489

(D.C. No. 91-Z-989)

(D. Colorado)

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

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Before BRORBY, EBEL and HENRY, Circuit Judges.

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After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined

unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of

this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore
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ordered submitted without oral argument.

Plaintiff James Edward Qualls and his attorney David L. Smith brought

four appeals, Nos. 95-1246, 95-1385, 95-1459, and 95-1489, asserting the district

court committed a litany of errors in Qualls v. Regional Transp. Dist., D. Colo.

No. 91-Z-989. We have summarized Mr. Smith's history of misconduct before the

United States District Court for the District of Colorado, the Tenth Circuit, and

the United States Supreme Court in Howard v. Mail-Well Envelope Co., 10th Cir.

No. 95-1428, and we need not repeat that summary here. A Tenth Circuit

jurisdictional panel has (1) dismissed appeal No. 95-1246; (2) dismissed all of

Mr. Smith's contentions in appeal No. 95-1385 except his challenge to the district

court's order imposing sanctions on him; (3) consolidated appeal Nos. 95-1385,

95-1459, and 95-1489. Qualls v. Regional Transp. Dist., Nos. 95-1246, 95-1385,

95-1459, & 95-1489 (10th Cir. Apr. 12, 1996). Because Mr. Qualls has settled

his case on the district court level and voluntarily dismissed his appeals, we

conclude all of Mr. Smith's contentions on appeal are moot except his challenge

to the district court's May 15, 1995, order terminating his representation of Mr.

Qualls in light of the fact a disciplinary panel had suspended him from practicing

law before the United States District Court for the District of Colorado and his

challenge to the many district court orders imposing sanctions against Mr. Smith
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personally.

We have recently exercised jurisdiction over an attorney's appeal from a

district court's order disqualifying her from representing a party, even though she

brought her appeal after the parties had dismissed the underlying case with

prejudice pursuant to a settlement agreement, Johnson v. Board of County

Comm'rs, 85 F.3d 489, 492 (10th Cir. 1996), and we see no reason to apply a

different rule when, as in this case, the attorney-appellant challenges a sanction

award assessed against him personally. Accordingly, provided Mr. Smith filed a

timely notice of appeal after the entry of final judgment, we conclude we have the

authority to review the merits of his appeal from the disqualification and

sanctions orders.

On October 10, 1995, the district court entered its order dismissing the case

with prejudice pursuant to the settlement agreement between Mr. Qualls and the

Regional Transportation District. Mr. Smith subsequently filed a timely notice of

appeal — in fact, he filed several. We therefore conclude we have jurisdiction to

review the disqualification and sanctions orders. Having done so, we find no

error and affirm for substantially the same reasons stated by the district court.
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The disqualification and sanction orders challenged in appeals No. 95-

1385, 95-1459, and 95-1489 are AFFIRMED, and the remaining contentions in

those appeals are DISMISSED. The petitions for writ of mandamus or

prohibition in Nos. 95-1385, 95-1459, and 95-1489 are DENIED.

Entered for the Court:

WADE BRORBY

United States Circuit Judge