subsequently issued to search Mr. Newsom's house. In a short paragraph Mr. McKinney's counsel informs the court that he made such argument to the district court and that the supporting affidavit "contained information pertaining to earlier drug dealings at the house in question and background information on the defendant and others who had been observed at the house at an earlier point in time” and referenced "statements made by [the woman in the duplex] but failed to mention that she had outstanding arrest warrants and that she was arrested hiding in the house to be searched." Aplt. Opening Br. at 21. To the extent that this is an attempt to raise a probable cause argument, it is an insufficient one. See Habecker v. Town of Estes Park, Colo., 518 F.3d 1217, 1223 n. 6 (10th Cir.2008)
recognizing that conclusory statements do not preserve an issue for appeal holding that a partys single conclusory sentence in his brief on appeal regarding a claim of error was tantamount to a waiver of that claim holding that a conclusory claim of error unaccompanied by a reasoned argument as to the grounds for the appeal is insufficient holding that conclusory allegation of conspiracy without supporting factual averments insufficient to state claim holding that vague conclusory statements are insufficient