United States v. DeChristopher, 695 F.3d 1082 (10th Cir. 2012)

(defendant, environmental activist, fraudulently bid on parcels of land near Utah national parks at oil and gas auction in an attempt to stop auction; actions not permissible civil disobedience; act of completing bidder registration for and acquiring bidder’s paddle consistent with intent to bid at auction; trial court did not err in declining defendant’s request to present evidence that supposedly would establish the illegality of the auction conducted by the Bureau of Land Management; defendant’s two-year sentence upheld [note: Obama Administration later overturned the auction by rescinding the same of numerous parcels and denying them to winning bidders, but not possible to bring criminal action against Administration]).