2021 Eighth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 1001 - 1186 of 1186
Date: March 3, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-3334, 19-3431
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed Defendants Wortham and Williams' conviction for carjacking, distributing PCP, and possessing a short-barreled shotgun in furtherance of those offenses. The court concluded that defendants…
Date: March 2, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1916
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for attempted enticement of a minor using the internet, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support his conviction. The court also held that there was more than…
Date: March 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1053
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for distribution of a controlled substance resulting in serious bodily injury and conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. The court concluded that the evidence…
Date: March 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1212
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(2). The court concluded that the district court correctly determined that defendant's 2019…
Date: March 1, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2798
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of attempted commercial sex trafficking of a minor and sentenced to 120 months' imprisonment. The district court also imposed a $5,000 special assessment. The Eighth Circuit concluded that…
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2745
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit reversed the district court's order dismissing an indictment charging defendant with illegal reentry to the United States. The court concluded that the district court erred in ruling that defendant…
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2262
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit reversed defendant's conviction for aggravated sexual abuse. The court concluded that, even if defendant invokes the right to counsel, the law enforcement agent could still continue to make limited and…
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2832
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 300 month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder within Indian country. The court need not address whether the district court erred by departing under…
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2867
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of XTO on plaintiff's claims of breach of contract and conversion. The court concluded that plaintiff cannot survive summary judgment on…
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number: 19-3547
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for conspiracy to distribute heroin, conspiracy to possess firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug…
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1186
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 192 month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to one count of possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. The court concluded that defendant's sentence was…
Date: February 24, 2021
Docket Number: 18-3343
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants, a class of sex offenders civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) pursuant to the Minnesota Civil Commitment and Treatment Act: Sexually Dangerous Persons and Sexual Psychopathic…
Date: February 24, 2021
Docket Number: 19-3034
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for failure to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). The court followed the precedent established in United States v. Hill, 820 F.3d…
Date: February 24, 2021
Docket Number: 19-3214
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and conspiracy to distribute a…
Date: February 24, 2021
Docket Number: 19-3483
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized as a result of a protective frisk. The court concluded that the officer performed a lawful, protective search…
Date: February 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1219
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress and his sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court concluded that the seizure of defendant was justified…
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2837
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against defendant, former president of Milestone Systems, for refusing to pay plaintiff his pro-rata share of "Post-Closing Amounts" paid by Kudelski pursuant to its April 2016 cash purchase of…
Date: February 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-3337
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial of disability insurance benefits and supplemental social security income to plaintiff. The court held that substantial evidence supported the ALJ's decision to give little weight to…
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number: 19-3518
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit vacated the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Golden China on plaintiff's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claim. The court dismissed the complaint without prejudice based on…
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-3746, 19-3747
Justia Opinion Summary: After the railroad fired a train engineer for defecating on a train-car connector, an arbitration board reinstated him. The railroad sought to vacate the arbitration award in federal court, but the district court upheld…
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number: 19-3747
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1253
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1573
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute marijuana and money laundering. The court held that the district court did not err in imposing a four-level…
Date: February 16, 2021
Docket Number: 18-3512
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and his wife filed suit against two police officers after plaintiff found the officers, guns drawn, searching their home without a warrant at 3:00 a.m. The district court denied the officers qualified immunity…
Date: February 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1948
Justia Opinion Summary: Sarasota filed suit against the Officials, seeking prospective relief, alleging that Missouri's liquor control laws, by preventing out-of-state retailers from shipping directly to Missouri consumers, discriminate against…
Date: February 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2122
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for four counts of mail fraud, three counts of wire fraud, and one count of tax fraud. The court rejected defendant's numerous claims of Napue violations,…
Date: February 16, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-1262, 20-1278
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit dismissed defendants' appeal of the district court's decision permanently enjoining as unconstitutional a South Dakota law regulating ballot-petition circulation, as well as plaintiffs' cross-appeal of…
Date: February 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1308
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment on her claims against the County, her former employer, alleging that it retaliated against her for participating in protected activity in…
Date: February 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1544
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota alleging retaliation and sex discrimination under Title IX. Specifically, plaintiff alleged that the University violated Title IX by (1)…
Date: February 12, 2021
Docket Numbers: 18-3256, 18-3259
Justia Opinion Summary: This opinion supersedes the opinion issued on December 15, 2020, as rehearing by panel was granted on February 10, 2021. The Eighth Circuit reversed the tax court's grant of taxpayer's motion for summary judgment in an…
Date: February 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1378
Justia Opinion Summary: Arkansas Times filed suit against various members of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees (UABT) in their official capacities as trustees concerning Arkansas Act 710 of 2017, seeking a preliminary injunction…
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1084
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Specialized, alleging violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and the Minnesota Mortgage Originator and Servicer Licensing Act (MOSLA). The Eighth Circuit previously…
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2209
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for five counts of drug-trafficking, but reversed his 25 month sentence, remanding for resentencing. The court held that defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a fair…
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2842
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit granted in part a petition for review of the the BIA's order upholding the IJ's decision to terminate petitioner's withholding of removal status, deny his application for protection under the…
Date: February 10, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1770
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, Arkansas prisoners who are or were on death row for capital murder convictions, filed suit alleging that Arkansas's method of execution violated the Eighth Amendment. In an effort to obtain the necessary…
Date: February 10, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2386
Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, he was sentenced to 168 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution in…
Date: February 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1391
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and life sentence for five counts of aggravated sexual abuse and three counts of sexual abuse of a minor. While the court doubted that a search warrant that neither…
Date: February 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1993
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2751
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit took this opportunity to clarify its jurisprudence about exceptions to discharge under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(6) and concluded that a judgment for an intentional tort is not necessary to find judgment debt…
Date: February 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1361
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff file a products liability action against Teva, the manufacturer of intrauterine devices, after she suffered complications from the implantation of an intrauterine device that broke and embedded inside her…
Date: February 8, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-2731, 19-2766, 19-3155
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial of social security benefits to plaintiffs, rejecting plaintiffs' claim that the ALJs who denied their claims were not properly appointed under the Appointments Clause of the…
Date: February 5, 2021
Docket Number: 19-3022
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit held that the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. In this case, the jury permissibly found the required…
Date: February 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1162
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against a deputy and the County under 42 U.S.C. 1983 for violations of his Fourth Amendment rights. In this case, defendant was arrested at a halfway house and booked for second-degree criminal…
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-3688, 19-3757
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit in state court against Amber Pharmacy and others, alleging claims of discrimination, retaliation, demotion and a hostile work environment. After removal to federal court, the district court granted…
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number: 19-3706
Date: February 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1546
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner sought review of the BIA's decision upholding the denial of his request for asylum and withholding of removal, based on a finding that serious reasons exist to believe Barahona committed a serious nonpolitical…
Date: February 1, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2042
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for three counts related to the receipt and possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2), (a)(5)(B), (b)(1), and (b)(2). The…
Date: February 1, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-3044, 20-1378
Justia Opinion Summary: Central Valley filed suit against various defendants who either marketed or administered self-funded health care plans, alleging that defendants breached various fiduciary duties and engaged in various prohibited…
Date: February 1, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-6007, 20-6015
Justia Opinion Summary: The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's entry of summary judgment in favor of Flesner Wentzel, debtor's ex-wife's attorney, and confirmation of debtor's Sixth Amendment Chapter 13 plan. On de…
Date: January 28, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1173
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action brought by plaintiff, alleging unreasonable seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The…
Date: January 28, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2462
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, reporters with Al Jazeera America news network, filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action against an officer and the county, alleging civil rights claims stemming from their coverage of protests after the death of…
Date: January 28, 2021
Docket Number: 19-3507
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action brought by plaintiff, alleging a claim for unreasonable seizure in violation of the Fourth…
Date: January 27, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2994
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Mike Campbell filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit against Missouri state representative Cheri Toalson Reisch after she blocked him from her Twitter account, alleging that she violated the First Amendment by denying him…
Date: January 26, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2621
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the County, CCS, and other prison officials and healthcare providers under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs in violation of the Fourteenth and…
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1127
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants William, Junior, Carter, and Senior appealed their convictions on various drug trafficking charges. In regard to Defendant William's challenges, the Eighth Circuit concluded that the district court did not err…
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1427
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for robbing an individual of personal property belonging to the United States. The court held that the district court did not err in denying defendant's request for…
Date: January 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1655
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for coercion and enticement of a minor. Applying de novo review, the court agreed with the district court that defendant's enticement of a minor was not induced by the…
Date: January 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2918
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit denied a petition for review of the IJ's and BIA's decisions denying petitioner's request to defer his removal to Somalia under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Petitioner had entered the United…
Date: January 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6016
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's order denying relief requested by debtor for wrongful foreclosure in equity, holding that the record supports the bankruptcy court's conclusion that debtor could not…
Date: January 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2405
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress controlled substances found at the time of his arrest as fruits of an unlawful seizure and the district court's determination that…
Date: January 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2619
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from an ongoing dispute about whether plaintiffs had a contractual obligation to provide PS Finance with certain payments that plaintiffs received on behalf of a client. The Eighth Circuit held that the…
Date: January 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-3657
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence in a case where defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that there was no…
Date: January 11, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1555
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction of assault with a dangerous weapon. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting hearsay evidence by admitting certain statements.…
Date: January 11, 2021
Docket Number: 19-3573
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was committed to the custody of the Attorney General based on a mental disease or defect and a substantial risk of dangerousness. Subsequently, defendant was conditionally released to the community. After the…
Date: January 8, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-1820, 19-1902
Justia Opinion Summary: A grand jury indicted Defendants Magallon and Garcia Ortiz with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine and at least 50 grams of actual methamphetamine. Garcia…
Date: January 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2569
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an inmate of the ADC, filed a pro se 42 U.S.C. 1983 action alleging that ADC had denied her hormone therapy to treat her diagnosed gender dysphoria in violation of her constitutional rights. The district court…
Date: January 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-3053
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for seven drug-trafficking crimes. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute…
Date: January 7, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2876
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for two counts of aiding and abetting a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction…
Date: January 5, 2021
Docket Number: 18-3717
Justia Opinion Summary: Harris pleaded guilty to first-degree assault. In 2012, the Circuit Court of Scott County, Missouri imposed a 15-year sentence, ordering that it run concurrently with Harris’s recently-imposed 25-year federal sentence,…
Date: January 5, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1836
Justia Opinion Summary: Officer Baker, on school patrol, motioned for Garcia to stop and shouted for him to slow down. Garcia responded that he was going the speed limit. Garcia drove away. Later, in the afternoon, Garcia again saw Baker at the…
Date: January 5, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2393
Justia Opinion Summary: Under a prisoner transfer arrangement, petitioner is serving a thirty-year sentence imposed in Arkansas state court in 1996. After petitioner was sentenced in Arkansas, the federal government prosecuted him for offenses…
Date: January 5, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2492
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against the City and three police officers, in their individual and official capacities, alleging violations of his constitutional rights. The district court granted summary…
Date: January 5, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2690
Justia Opinion Summary: LRFP challenged the constitutionality (42 U.S.C. 1983) of three 2019 Arkansas statutes: Act 493 bans providers from performing an abortion when the “probable age” of the fetus is “determined to be greater than eighteen…
Date: January 4, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1310
Justia Opinion Summary: Aspen agreed to pay FBR, an investment banking firm, 1.25 percent of the aggregate consideration paid to Aspen’s shareholders in the event of an acquisition or merger. Markel subsequently became the parent of Aspen and…
Date: January 4, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1966
Justia Opinion Summary: Ellison, remodeling Stephen’s house, noticed a USB drive on the toilet tank. Ellison had researched hidden recording devices following a break-in and recognized it as a hidden camera. Ellison took the USB home but did…
Date: January 4, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2290
Justia Opinion Summary: Herrera's husband fraudulently used the identity of a lawful permanent U.S. resident (LPR) to become a citizen. Herrera obtained LPR status as the wife of a citizen and became a citizen. Herrera's four children are U.S.…
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