United States v. Price

── United States v. Price ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Date: May 05, 2026 Category: General Appellate Case: 25-5144 Document: 32-1 Date Filed: 05/05/2026 Page: 1 FILED United States Court of Appeals UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Tenth Circuit FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT May 5, 2026 _________________________________ Christopher M. Wolpert Clerk of Court UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Nos. 25-5144 & 25-5146 (D.C. Nos. 4:24-CR-00254-GKF-1 & ANTHONY STEVEN PRICE, 4:18-CR-00020-GKF-1) (N.D. Okla.) Defendant - Appellant. _________________________________ ORDER AND JUDGMENT * _________________________________ Before McHUGH, BALDOCK, and ROSSMAN, Circuit Judges. _________________________________ Anthony Steven Price appeals the revocation of his supervised release, arguing the district court erred in finding that he had violated the terms of his supervised release conditions by committing a new crime and possessing a dangerous weapon. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm. After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined * unanimously to honor the parties’ request for a decision on the briefs without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(f); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore submitted without oral argument. This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.  Appellate Case: 25-5144 Document: 32-1 Date Filed: 05/05/2026 Page: 2 I. Background In 2018, Mr. Price pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was sentenced to 87 months in prison and three years of supervised release. While serving that sentence, he fled from custody and later pleaded guilty to an escape charge. He was then sentenced to ten months in prison, to run concurrently with his original sentence, followed by three years of supervised release. He was released from federal custody in May 2025 upon the completion of his sentence. On July 20, 2025, Mr. Price was at the home of his mother-in-law in Muskogee, Oklahoma. According to a police report, Mr. Price’s wife Tiffany began fighting with her daughter’s boyfriend. Mr. Price then entered the room with an object in his hand and began striking the boyfriend repeatedly. The boyfriend told police he did not know what object Mr. Price had used to hit him, but Tiffany’s daughter said it was a small novelty baseball bat. The officer at the scene reported the boyfriend had blood on his face, arms, and shirt, and that he suffered a dislocated shoulder and a deep gash on his head for which he received treatment at an emergency room. The daughter called the police, and Tiffany was arrested at the scene. Mr. Price fled before police arrived but was arrested two days later. He was later charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. A few days after the incident, Mr. Price’s probation officer, Bethany Blackmon, prepared petitions seeking to revoke Mr. Price’s supervised release in both the underlying robbery case and the escape c