2023 Eighth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
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Date: December 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2615
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied petitioner Paul Jack Cobby Essel's appeal against an order from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). Essel, a citizen of Ghana, entered the United…
Date: December 28, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1107
Justia Opinion Summary: In a case before the United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit, the plaintiffs, a group of patients, sued BJC Health System (BJC) alleging that BJC had violated their medical privacy rights under Missouri…
Date: December 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2655
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, defendants Antione Deandre Maxwell and Chavee E’Laun Harden were convicted of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery. Maxwell was…
Date: December 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3333
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the sentences of Theodore Browne and Karley Ann Smith, both of whom had pled guilty to conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.…
Date: December 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1072
Justia Opinion Summary: Guatemalan citizens Miguel Pascual-Miguel and his daughter, Erika Gabriela Pascual-Miguel, sought review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) decision affirming the denial of their asylum, withholding of removal,…
Date: December 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1816
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a defendant, Daryl Stephen Jones, III, who appealed his sentencing after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, which is a violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8). Jones…
Date: December 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1603
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Brandon Peterson, an inmate at Washington County Jail (WCJ), who filed a lawsuit alleging violations of his constitutional rights by various jail officials. The United States Court of Appeals for the…
Date: December 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2452
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reviewed a case where Deborah Lightner, a former employee of Catalent CTS (Kansas City), LLC, alleged age discrimination and retaliation under Missouri law.…
Date: December 26, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1043
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court's ruling that BITCO General Insurance Corporation ("BITCO") had no obligation under its policy to cover damages from an accident…
Date: December 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3540
Justia Opinion Summary: The case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit involved Allen Thomas Bloodworth, II, a business owner who operated two towing businesses in Kansas City. Bloodworth alleged that the Kansas City…
Date: December 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2415
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Michael Grady and Oscar Dillon, III were convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and heroin, attempted obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to commit money…
Date: December 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2800
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa to dismiss the lawsuit of Iowa-based livestock feed…
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3352
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit examined an appeal by John Lee Ralston, who was charged with being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm after a search of his residence.…
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3499
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld the conviction of William Goodman for distribution of fentanyl resulting in death and unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon. Goodman…
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1012
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Chad Betts's motion to suppress evidence obtained from a traffic stop. Betts, a felon, was found in…
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 23-2089
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2343
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a conviction against Richard Lee David Brown for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Law enforcement found Brown in…
Date: December 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1282
Justia Opinion Summary: A car dealership, Broadway Ford Truck Sales, Inc., in St. Louis, Missouri, suffered a significant fire damage to its business premises and filed claims under its insurance policy provided by Depositors Insurance Company.…
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3092
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit heard an appeal from Jacob Bermel, who had pleaded guilty to two child pornography offenses following the denial of his motion to suppress evidence that was found…
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1406
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case heard by the United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit, the appellant, Tiano N. Trice, was appealing against a decision by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa -…
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2922
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit examined claims by Colleen M. Johnson against her former employer, Midwest Division-RBH, LLC (Belton Regional Medical Center), her supervisor…
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3101
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, the defendant, Bradley Ready, appealed his sentence following his guilty plea for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and…
Date: December 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3477
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit heard an appeal by Armory Hospitality, LLC, an event venue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Armory had an insurance policy with Philadelphia Indemnity…
Date: December 8, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1298
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of Darren J. Ackerman’s motion to suppress evidence of firearms discovered in his basement. The police had entered his home…
Date: December 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3040
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the sentence of Christopher M. Holmes who was resentenced to 240 months’ imprisonment under the First Step Act for his involvement in a…
Date: December 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3430
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit evaluated a decision by the Western District Court of Missouri, which had denied Robin M. Sims's motion for compassionate release from prison under…
Date: December 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-3147
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reviewed the case of Ramona Cook, who was charged with arson after setting fires in a hotel from which she was fired. After Cook's initial appearance and…
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2958
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Strategic Technology Institute, Inc. ("STI") and the National Labor Relations Board. STI had a contract to maintain engines and propellers for the U.S. Air Force from August 2017 until July 2020. During…
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3589
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas's decision to sentence Jordan Cutler to 180 months in prison for…
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1145
Justia Opinion Summary: In November 2020, Autumn Hilger visited the Mount Rushmore National Memorial and slipped on a temporary access mat that was installed due to renovations, which resulted in her breaking her wrist. Hilger filed a…
Date: December 5, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1164
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision that the defendant, Felipe Lorthridge, could be involuntarily medicated to restore his competency to stand trial. Lorthridge was…
Date: December 4, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1192
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit heard an appeal from a defendant who was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon and sentenced to 57 months in prison, with an order of restitution. The…
Date: December 1, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1074
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, the Independence-Alliance Party of Minnesota, a minor political party, challenged a Minnesota statute that required voters to swear an oath…
Date: November 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2980
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed Defendant’s conviction for numerous drug offenses. The court held that the evidence against him was overwhelming, and he does not claim a reasonable probability that, but for the introduction…
Date: November 28, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1077
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon. The district court determined an advisory sentencing guideline range of 57 to 71 months’ imprisonment and varied upward from the range to impose a…
Date: November 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2236
Justia Opinion Summary: At Northwest Missouri State University, they must notify an administrator before distributing “non-University publications.” Plaintiff Richard Hershey earns money promoting a vegan lifestyle on college campuses. In…
Date: November 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1395
Justia Opinion Summary: The Arkansas NAACP and the Arkansas Public Policy Panel, two advocacy groups with members living throughout the state, oppose the new map. They sued nearly everyone who had anything to do with it under Section 2 of the…
Date: November 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2930
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and to unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon. The district court denied Defendant’s motion to suppress evidence found during a police…
Date: November 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3006
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant conditionally pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A). The district court sentenced Defendant to a 132-month term of…
Date: November 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1690
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant le 120c(b) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), codified at 10 U.S.C. Section 920c(b) (2012). He later failed to register as a sex offender in Iowa and pleaded guilty to violating the Sex Offender…
Date: November 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3000
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was filming a protest when Officer Olsten pepper sprayed the crowd. She sued Officer Olsten, Commissioner Hayden, and the City of St. Louis for violating her First Amendment rights, among other things. The…
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3187
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a retail customer, brought a putative class action under the Class Action Fairness Act against clothing retailers The Gap, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Old Navy, LLC (“Defendants”). Plaintiff alleged…
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3318
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner is a citizen of Guatemala. He says that from elementary school through adulthood, his classmates and coworkers touched his “private parts” and subjected him to homophobic slurs because he is bisexual. He left…
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1246
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal arises from a protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline at the Backwater Bridge in Morton County, North Dakota. Police officers deployed water, tear gas, rubber bullets, and bean bags to disperse a crowd.…
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3394
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to Possession of a Firearm by a Felon in violation. The district court sentenced him to 100 months imprisonment. Bailey appealed the sentence, arguing the court erred by increasing his base…
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3634
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The presentence investigation report recommended a base offense level of 20 under USSG Section 2K2.1(a)(4)(A) because Defendant’s 2013 Missouri…
Date: November 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1422
Justia Opinion Summary: Facing a tight deadline from the Ninth Circuit, the Environmental Protection Agency banned the use of chlorpyrifos on food crops. Two environmental groups petitioned the EPA in 2007 to have all tolerances revoked. In…
Date: November 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1809
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs sued the Arkansas Division of Corrections (ADC), alleging its policies violate the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA). After a bench trial, the district court dismissed the…
Date: November 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2844
Justia Opinion Summary: While Defendant was working at a convenience store in St. Louis, a suspected shoplifter appeared to steal a piece of candy. Defendant pointed a loaded pistol at the man and chased him from the store. The pistol…
Date: October 24, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1214
Justia Opinion Summary: Tod T. Tumey and Tumey, LLP (collectively, “Tumey”) commenced this action in 2021, alleging that Mycroft AI, Inc., engaged in harassment of Tumey, including through “online hacking, phishing, identity theft, and other…
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1843
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff’s son spent several months at a medium-security facility in St. Louis called “the Workhouse.” None of the guards saw Plaintiff’s son receive or take fentanyl, the drug that killed him. Inmates tried to help by…
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2753
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was charged with possessing a firearm by a prohibited person, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), after law enforcement discovered a gun on him during an investigatory stop. Defendant…
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3651
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner is a twenty-three-year-old Guatemalan citizen who fears returning to his home country. Petitioner believed that, due to the large and interconnected network of gang members in the country, nowhere in Guatemala…
Date: October 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3659
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was charged in a five-count indictment with attempted bank robbery involving assault with a dangerous weapon. The district court found Defendant guilty of the five offenses and sentenced him to 230 months…
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2835
Justia Opinion Summary: Breadeaux’s Pisa, LLC (“Breadeaux”) initiated this action against its franchisee, Beckman Bros. Ltd. (“Main Street Pizza”), in federal court seeking a preliminary injunction, a permanent injunction, and a declaratory…
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1106
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant used fake deeds to gain possession of three houses. On appeal, Defendant challenged the loss calculation but began by disputing the sufficiency of the evidence underlying his identity theft convictions. The…
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2600
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 after he was pepper-sprayed and tackled by a Des Moines Police Officer while photographing a protest. Plaintiff, who was covering the protest as a journalist, claimed that the…
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3666
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a native and resident of Iowa, was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia of possessing child pornography. He was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment and 240 months…
Date: October 10, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1513
Justia Opinion Summary: After Defendant violated the conditions of his supervised release, the district court sentenced him to 24 months in prison even though the Sentencing Guidelines recommended 5–11 months. He maintains that the district…
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3294
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm in July and November 2020 and March 2021. Defendant pleaded guilty to Count 3, admitting he drove a stolen vehicle in March 2021 and was arrested when…
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3425
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was stopped by police, at which point they found narcotics and a BB gun. Defendant later pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, At sentencing, the district court…
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number: 20-3447
Justia Opinion Summary: Parolees sued the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC), claiming that its parole revocation system violated the Due Process Clause. Recognizing the system’s flaws, MDOC rewrote its policies and consented to summary…
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2919
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant and co-Defendant of conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of mixtures and substances containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, as well as individual counts of possession with intent to…
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1142
Justia Opinion Summary: Debt collector Rent Recovery Solutions (“RRS”) called Plaintiff to collect an alleged $900 debt to her former landlord. In June, without sending the relevant documents to Plaintiff, RRS reported her debt to TransUnion, a…
Date: October 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2969
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant’s mother called local dispatch and said an officer needed to come by because her son was “acting up.” A Bureau of Indian Affairs Officer was dispatched to the home, learning on the way that Defendant had an…
Date: October 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1590
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of one count of aggravated sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12 and one count of abusive sexual contact. He appeals, challenging two evidentiary rulings at trial and the restitution…
Date: October 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3443
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of distributing morphine within 1,000 feet of a school. He was sentenced to 262 months imprisonment followed by 6 years of supervised release. Defendant began supervised release in September 2021.…
Date: September 29, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2927
Justia Opinion Summary: Parents Defending Education, an association of parents, brought this action to challenge a policy adopted by the Linn Mar Community School District in Iowa. The disputed policy is entitled “Administrative Regulations…
Date: September 22, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2234
Justia Opinion Summary: After Defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, the district court designated him an armed career criminal and sentenced him to 180 months in prison. Defendant appealed, arguing that his…
Date: September 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3510
Justia Opinion Summary: MyPillow, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer Michael Lindell (collectively, “Lindell”) appealed the district court’s denial of their motions for a preliminary injunction and for the return of property—Lindell’s cell phone…
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2340
Justia Opinion Summary: Creighton Preparatory School expelled Plaintiff after he made lewd remarks about a teacher. Plaintiff sued Creighton under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 on the theory that the school had discriminated…
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3306
Justia Opinion Summary: Kenneth Kraemer and Kraemer Farms, LLC (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) commenced this qui tam action under the False Claims Act (“FCA”), against United Dairies, other dairy farms, and their partners and agents…
Date: September 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3552
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was hired as a Law Enforcement Officer by the Sisseton, South Dakota, Police Department. Plaintiff and the City signed a Sisseton Police Department Employment Contract (the “Contract”) requiring Plaintiff to…
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3340
Justia Opinion Summary: The University of Iowa expelled graduate student John Doe after investigating two accusations of sexual misconduct brought against him by different complainants. The Iowa Board of Regents affirmed the decision. Doe sued…
Date: September 11, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3815
Justia Opinion Summary: Great River Entertainment, LLC sought coverage from Zurich American Insurance for losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The district court granted Zurich’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. Great River…
Date: September 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2782
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was indicted on three counts of drug possession with intent to distribute. On the morning of the trial, he decided to plead guilty to two of them in exchange for dismissal of the third. The district court…
Date: September 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2914
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant and co-Defendant were convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Co-Defendant was…
Date: September 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1676
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury found Defendant guilty of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, facilitating prostitution, and distributing methylenedioxymethamphetamine (“MDMA”) to a person under twenty-one. Most relevant for this…
Date: September 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3020
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant shot a man in the chest and led police on a high-speed chase through a residential neighborhood before his eventual capture. When arrested, he possessed a pistol, ammunition, and bags containing methamphetamine…
Date: September 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2749
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 on behalf of her son, who died in a vehicle accident while fleeing Defendants, St. Louis County police officers. Plaintiff claimed the officers failed to provide medical aid in…
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2324
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant was civilly committed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 4246 in February 2009 due to a mental disease or defect that created a substantial risk of harm to the public. After several conditional releases and…
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3079
Justia Opinion Summary: The City of Belle Plaine, Minnesota, designated Veterans Memorial Park as a limited public forum and granted permits to two groups to place monuments there. Before the Satanic Temple could place its monument, the City…
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3329
Justia Opinion Summary: The BIA denied Petitioner’s request for cancellation of removal based on the failure to show “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship” to his United States-citizen children. The BIA granted voluntary departure to…
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2063
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury found Sherman and Smith guilty of conspiracy to commit witness tampering resulting in death. The jury also found Smith guilty of witness tampering, resulting in death, conspiracy to possess with intent to…
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2159
Justia Opinion Summary: EEE Minerals, LLC, and a Trustee for The Vohs Family Revocable Living Trust, sued the State of North Dakota, the Board of University and School Lands, and the Board’s commissioner in a dispute over mineral interests in…
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3121
Justia Opinion Summary: After suffering a stroke, Mary, a member of the Brentwood Hutterite Brethren, received care at a Select Specialty Hospital. During her time at Select, she was covered by Brentwood’s insurance. But after Mary applied for…
Date: August 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2332
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a Section 1983 lawsuit against the City of St. Louis and Doc’s Towing, Inc., alleging that Defendants violated her Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights when they detained her truck pursuant to a…
Date: August 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2757
Justia Opinion Summary: In June 2020, Plaintiff’s father died from COVID-19. He allegedly contracted the disease at his nursing home, NHC HealthCare-Maryland Heights, LLC. Plaintiff brought suit in Missouri state court against the nursing home,…
Date: August 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3467
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant sexually abused C.M. and E.A.H. in his mother’s basement on separate occasions. L.M., the legal guardian of C.M. and E.A.H. and sister of Defendant’s mother, often brought the two children to the house for…
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2183
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Attorney Kezhaya represented The Satanic Temple, Inc., in its lawsuits against the City of Belle Plaine, Minnesota. The Temple sued the City, claiming that the City opened a limited public forum for a Christian…
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2769
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued Travelers Indemnity Company of America, seeking a declaration that an insurance policy between Travelers and the City of Hermantown authorizes up to $2,000,000 in coverage for his tort claim against the…
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2808
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment on his claims that his former employer, ADESA Missouri, LLC (ADESA), discriminated against and retaliated against him in violation of the…
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3036
Justia Opinion Summary: Land O’Lakes and Commercial Bag entered into a “Packaging Materials Supply Agreement.” Under the Agreement, Land O’Lakes agreed to “make best reasonable efforts” to buy fifteen to twenty percent of its annual…
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3621
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner is a Sudanese national born in 1991 in modern-day South Sudan. He entered the United States as a refugee in 2003. In 2012, following juvenile felony and misdemeanor convictions, the Department of Homeland…
Date: August 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1469
Justia Opinion Summary: L.W.’s appendix ruptured during her incarceration, and she subsequently died from sepsis. Plaintiff, as special administrator of L.W.’s estate, filed suit against the county in which L.W. was incarcerated, as well as…
Date: August 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1759
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of attempted Hobbs Act robbery and three firearm charges, including possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c). Defendant argued that there is…
Date: August 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2640
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued Defendant, a corrections officer, under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, alleging a violation of his constitutional rights while Plaintiff was a detainee at a jail in Minnesota. Defendant moved for summary judgment…
Date: August 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2831
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued the Director of the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services (“DWS”) in her official capacity, alleging discrimination on the ground of national origin under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The district…
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3093
Justia Opinion Summary: The Director of the Missouri Department of Corrections relied on staff to investigate and address sexual assault allegations against a prison guard. At summary judgment, Appellant requested qualified immunity. The…
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1248
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted by a jury of enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity. The charge arose from Defendant’s response to an online advertisement and his dialogue with an undercover detective who posed as a…
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1275
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant ended up at a Twin Cities chiropractic clinic after an automobile accident. The visit resulted in a job: the clinic hired him to recruit patients. And then another one did too. Defendant’s role was to bring in…
Date: August 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2169
Justia Opinion Summary: After being passed over for a superintendent role, Plaintiff sued her employer, Pulaski County Special School District (“PCSSD”), and its board members for discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII and 42…
Date: August 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2592
Justia Opinion Summary: Robert Half International, Inc. (“RHI”) provides legal staffing solutions for its clients. Plaintiff worked for RHI as a contract attorney performing document review. Plaintiff was employed on various projects on an…
Date: August 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2854
Justia Opinion Summary: Two organizations, one individual, one business (collectively “Private Plaintiffs”) and seventeen states (“the States”) sued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) for overstepping its statutory…
Date: August 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1356
Justia Opinion Summary: K.C. Hopps, Ltd., sued its insurer, The Cincinnati Insurance Company, seeking coverage for lost business income incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cincinnati moved for summary judgment based on K.C. Hopps’s inability…
Date: August 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1739
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a citizen of Africa who became a lawful permanent resident of the United States in 2012, pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft predicated on wire fraud. In the plea agreement, Petitioner admitted that…
Date: August 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2011
Justia Opinion Summary: The Trustee for the bankrupt debtor, Simply Essentials, LLC, filed a Motion to Compromise under Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9019(b) and a Motion to Sell Property Free and Clear of Liens under 11 U.S.C. Section…
Date: August 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3335
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought a diversity action in the District of Nebraska against Defendant, seeking damages for losses allegedly caused by an auto accident in 2015. Defendant’s Answer admitted that her negligence was the…
Date: August 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1954
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment after McKenzie pled guilty to failure to register as a sex offender in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2250(a). Defendant appealed, arguing the district court incorrectly…
Date: August 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3447
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of first-degree murder and use of a firearm during a crime of violence that caused death. The district court sentenced Defendant to serve two concurrent life terms of imprisonment. Defendant…
Date: August 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2012
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was prescribed an antibiotic and suffered serious adverse effects. He sued the healthcare providers and hospitals that were involved in his treatment for medical negligence, and a jury found in favor of…
Date: August 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2335
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner initially entered the United States on a traveler’s visa, but he later became a permanent resident after marrying a United States citizen. Then, roughly a decade later, he and his accomplices robbed a delivery…
Date: August 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2818
Justia Opinion Summary: Officers shot and killed Brian Quinones-Rosario as he approached officers with the knife drawn. His widow as trustee, sued the officers and their employing municipalities. She alleged an excessive use of force that…
Date: August 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3023
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant conditionally pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon. He argued the district court should have suppressed the gun and shell casing found in his apartment. He challenged the steps the officers took…
Date: August 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3677
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants pleaded guilty to federal controlled substance offenses, and all three appealed their sentences. The Fourth Circuit vacated each defendant’s sentence and remanded for resentencing. The court explained that…
Date: August 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1455
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant and co-Defendant were convicted in district court on charges arising out of the kidnapping of Defendant’s minor grandchildren. Defendant appealed her conviction for aiding and abetting kidnapping, and…
Date: August 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1814
Justia Opinion Summary: The Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges (“NSCS”) appealed from a jury verdict finding it acted with deliberate indifference after Jane Doe (“Doe”) was sexually assaulted while attending Chadron State College…
Date: August 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2277
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the District of South Dakota challenging the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court’s exercise of jurisdiction in a custody matter involving his minor daughter,…
Date: August 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2582
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was held in pretrial custody at the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility (the Jail) in Little Rock, Arkansas, for five weeks. After he was released, Plaintiff filed a suit for damages against a Pulaski…
Date: August 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3025
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, Taney County, through its Planning Commission, issued Emerald Pointe a permit to develop a gated community with private roads. Emerald Pointe subsequently began construction of the project. In 2016, the Planning…
Date: August 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3658
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs placed their child AMS at a private academy after the Chamberlain School District did not meet AMS’s needs. A state hearing examiner decided that Chamberlain violated federal law and awarded Plaintiffs costs…
Date: August 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1375
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff contracted hepatitis C after participating in drug trials and screenings at Pharma Medica Research, Inc. (Pharma Medica) and other companies. He sued Pharma Medica for negligence, and a jury found in favor of…
Date: August 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2533
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff worked for the City of Clarendon, Arkansas, as a full-time police officer. After he was terminated, he sued the City, then-Chief of Police Laura Rash, and then-Clarendon Mayor James L. Stinson, alleging a…
Date: August 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1563
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sustained a spinal injury during a rollover car accident in Mexico. Plaintiff, along with his wife (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed a claim for damages against General Motors, LLC (“GM”) on theories of strict…
Date: August 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1862
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a former employee, sued on behalf of herself and similarly situated employees, claiming that St. Luke’s violated the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) overtime provisions by failing to fully compensate…
Date: August 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1976
Justia Opinion Summary: The Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act of 1990 (AWCPA)1 extended copyright protection to “architectural works,” defined in 17 U.S.C. Section 101 as “the design of a building as embodied in any tangible medium…
Date: August 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2617
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed her conviction for having knowingly procured her naturalization contrary to law in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 1425(a). Defendant made several false statements in procuring her naturalization. The…
Date: August 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2912
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon. The district court sentenced Smith to 180 months imprisonment as an armed career criminal under 18 U.S.C. Section 924(e). Defendant appealed an…
Date: August 11, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1245
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846. He was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised…
Date: August 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1295
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. The district court sentenced him as a career offender to 168 months imprisonment. Defendant appealed, claiming the district court…
Date: August 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1763
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was a passenger in a car that led West Memphis Police Department (WMPD) officers on a dangerous chase. He was shot and killed when officers tried to stop the car, and his estate sued them under 42 U.S.C.…
Date: August 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1817
Justia Opinion Summary: Alliance Pipeline L.P. (“Alliance”) entered into contracts with four states (“State Agreements”) as well as contracts with individual landowners in order to build a natural gas pipeline. The contracts with landowners…
Date: August 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1900
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was indicted for two counts of assaulting a federal officer and one count of using a firearm to further a crime of violence. The first assault count was based on Defendant’s altercation with Officer Johnson,…
Date: August 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2604
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted by a jury of unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon. The district court sentenced him to sixty months’ imprisonment. Defendant appealed the court’s evidentiary rulings at trial and the…
Date: August 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2731
Justia Opinion Summary: Coloplast Corporation and Coloplast Manufacturing US, LLC (collectively, Coloplast) manufacture and market Restorelle L, a surgical mesh device. Plaintiff sued Coloplast for injuries allegedly caused by the implantation…
Date: August 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2815
Justia Opinion Summary: Two dog owners sued a police officer and the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners after the officer shot a dog during an encounter at a residence. The dog owners alleged that the officer violated their rights under…
Date: August 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3014
Justia Opinion Summary: In October 2021, Defendant flew from Japan to Missouri with her and Plaintiff’s child, L.T. In March 2022, Plaintiff filed a petition for the return of their child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of…
Date: August 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2055
Justia Opinion Summary: These consolidated appeals arise from a multi-defendant criminal case involving the Lowriders street gang in Davenport, Iowa. All five Appellants pleaded guilty to a charge of racketeering conspiracy and other charges…
Date: August 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2120
Justia Opinion Summary: After pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, Defendant learned that the detective who testified at his suppression hearing had been indicted for crimes related to an on-duty shooting. The district…
Date: August 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2539
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon. The district court determined that Defendant had three prior convictions for a “violent felony” and sentenced him to the statutory minimum…
Date: August 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2602
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of four charges related to sex trafficking. Defendant raised several challenges to his convictions. Defendant first argues that the government violated his due process right to the disclosure…
Date: August 9, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1228
Justia Opinion Summary: Entergy Arkansas, LLC, sells electricity to Arkansans. The Arkansas Public Service Commission sets the retail rates that Entergy can charge. Arkansas Electric Energy Consumers, Inc. (“AEEC”) is a trade association…
Date: August 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2445
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff is a physician who provided medical care to Arkansas correctional facility inmates through her employer, Wellpath, LLC. Wellpath terminated Plaintiff’s employment, and she sued, claiming it unlawfully…
Date: August 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1871
Justia Opinion Summary: Prospect Funding Holdings (NY), LLC, won arbitration awards against Ronald Palagi and his law firm, Ronald J. Palagi, P.C., LLC. Palagi and his firm filed an application to vacate the awards in federal court, which the…
Date: August 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2178
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant challenged his conviction for receiving child pornography. Defendant asserts that the district court’s decision to stop him from asking about the employee’s prior sex-offense conviction deprived him of his…
Date: August 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2960
Justia Opinion Summary: A Missouri physician prescribed ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine to Minnesota residents (Plaintiffs) to treat their severe COVID-19 infections. Pharmacists at Walmart and Hy-Vee stores in Albert Lea, Minnesota, refused…
Date: August 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2708
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant is one of four former Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officers involved in the death of George Floyd. Defendant was convicted of two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law resulting in bodily…
Date: August 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3138
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner is a pilot and flight instructor. After she failed to produce her pilot logbooks and training records upon request by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the FAA suspended Petitioner’s pilot…
Date: August 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3154
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued several prison officials under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 for deliberate indifference after she was assaulted by a fellow inmate and co-defendant. She appealed the district court’s dismissal of one prison…
Date: August 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2138
Justia Opinion Summary: Four employee benefit funds and their Boards of Trustees, as well as two labor unions (collectively, “Boards”), sued B.F.W. Contracting, LLC and B.F.W. Contractors, LLC (collectively, “Contractors”) to compel an audit…
Date: August 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2176
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury found Defendant guilty on three counts: (1) Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, (2) Committing a Felony Sex Offense Against a Minor While Required to Register as a Sex Offender, and (3) Tampering with a Witness.…
Date: August 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3360
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of robbery affecting interstate commerce, conspiracy to commit robbery affecting interstate commerce, and using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence resulting in murder.…
Date: August 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3366
Justia Opinion Summary: A former BNSF Railway Company employee died from lung cancer in 2018. Plaintiff, on behalf of her late husband’s estate, brought this wrongful death action against BNSF under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA),…
Date: August 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3654
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of a conspiracy under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (“RICO”) Act, 18 U.S.C. Section 1962(d), based on his involvement with the Crips street gang. The Eighth Circuit court…
Date: August 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2439
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of assaulting a person assisting a federal officer, and a second jury convicted Defendant of drug offenses. On appeal, Defendant raised several challenges to his convictions. The Eighth…
Date: August 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2577
Justia Opinion Summary: Farmer William Topp raises crops and livestock in Monroe County, Iowa. After several rough years, he filed for Chapter 12 bankruptcy—intended for “family farmers.” Farm Credit Services of America had financed part of…
Date: August 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2664
Justia Opinion Summary: HomeServices of America, Inc.; BHH Affiliates, LLC; and HSF Affiliates, LLC (collectively, “HomeServices”) appealed from the district court’s denial of HomeServices’s motion to compel unnamed class members to arbitrate…
Date: August 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2497
Justia Opinion Summary: Following a shooting at a bar in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, Plaintiff, who was injured as a bystander, obtained a $2.5 million judgment against the bar’s owner and operator, Steven Scaglione. Plaintiff thereafter…
Date: August 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2827
Justia Opinion Summary: Lake Elmo Bank fired Plaintiff after receiving a report that she sexually harassed another employee. Plaintiff sued the Bank, claiming her termination was based on sex in violation of the Minnesota Human Rights Act,…
Date: August 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2858
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to unlawfully possessing a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). The district court ultimately sentenced Defendant to 87 months of imprisonment. On appeal, Defendant…
Date: July 31, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1796
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff’s dog, Clinton, suffered from health problems. The solution, at least according to a veterinarian, was to feed him specialized dog food available only by prescription. It has different ingredients than regular…
Date: July 31, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3247
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm as a prohibited person. He argued that the district court erred when it denied his motion to suppress evidence seized during a search of his home. The Eighth…
Date: July 28, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3052
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs are food service managers employed by the Independent School District 191 in Burnsville, Minnesota. In 2015, Plaintiffs signed a contract to join the union that represents service workers in the school…
Date: July 28, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3416
Justia Opinion Summary: Certain healthcare entities entered into a lease agreement and related lease schedules with Winthrop Resources Corporation (Winthrop). Prospect ECHN, Inc. (Prospect) purchased the healthcare entities’ assets and later…
Date: July 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1586
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants appealed their convictions for conspiracy to commit wire fraud; wire fraud and aiding and abetting wire fraud and money laundering; and money laundering and aiding and abetting money laundering. On appeal,…
Date: July 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1735
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants were each pepper-sprayed by Police Officer William Olsten while participating in a protest in downtown St. Louis. Each of them sued various officials, alleging First Amendment retaliation and excessive force…
Date: July 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1884
Justia Opinion Summary: Dakota Energy Power Cooperative, Inc., a member of East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., sought to withdraw from East River and to terminate the parties’ long-term power contract so that it could purchase…
Date: July 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2298
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed rom the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment in favor of TrialCard, Inc. (“TrialCard”) on employment claims she brought under Mo. Stat. Section 213.055.1 (“MHRA”), 42 U.S.C. Section 1981…
Date: July 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2321
Justia Opinion Summary: After serving in the United States Navy, Plaintiff became eligible to receive education benefits under the G.I. Bill, which he used to pursue a bachelor’s degree. Plaintiff also sought tuition assistance from his…
Date: July 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2329
Justia Opinion Summary: An officer deployed pepper spray on Plaintiff and others during a protest in downtown St. Louis. Plaintiff sued various parties (collectively, “City Officials”), alleging various federal and Missouri law claims,…
Date: July 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2670
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was charged with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Section 841(a)(1) and (b)(1), after law enforcement found more than 1,500 grams of…
Date: July 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1096
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was indicted for committing mail and wire fraud against his spouse and National Life Insurance. He moved to dismiss the indictment for failure to state an offense, which the district court1 denied. Welker…
Date: July 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1332
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. On appeal, Defendant argued judgment of acquittal or a new trial and in calculating the drug…
Date: July 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2379
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners petitioned for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) June 17, 2022, decision denying their motion for reconsideration of the Board’s July 29, 2021 decision. In the July 29, 2021 decision, the…
Date: July 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2669
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs individually and as next friends of their minor daughter, I.B., appealed the district court’s dismissal of disability discrimination and civil rights deprivation claims, and denial of their motion to…
Date: July 26, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3356
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the dismissal of his claims against various Arkansas Department of Corrections staff members for damages stemming from injuries that he received when he was beaten by another inmate. Plaintiff alleged…
Date: July 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3275
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm as a previously convicted felon. At sentencing, the district court determined a base offense level of 24 after concluding that Defendant had sustained two…
Date: July 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1816
Justia Opinion Summary: Law enforcement organized controlled buys using a confidential informant. Initially, Defendant was not the target of the investigation; however, events that transpired during the controlled buys led the MINE Task Force…
Date: July 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1885
Justia Opinion Summary: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company (Kendall Hunt) filed suit against The Learning Tree Publishing Corporation (Learning Tree) in district court in Iowa, where Kendall Hunt is located. The complaint alleged, as relevant…
Date: July 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2146
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was arrested for narcotics and firearms charges. Once in custody, he made several inculpatory statements. However, prior to trial, he fled to Mexico for eight years before being apprehended. The district court…
Date: July 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2872
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs sued police officers under Sec. 1983 after the officers made warrantless entry into their apartment. The district court granted summary judgment to Plaintiffs and Defendants appealed. On appeal, the Eighth…
Date: July 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3049
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff contracted to haul freight for CTW Transportation Services. Two weeks later, CTW terminated the contract. On October 7, 2020, Plaintiff filed an administrative complaint against CTW with the Department of…
Date: July 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3140
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped by law enforcement while speeding in a construction zone. The driver admitted there was marijuana in the car. During the search, the driver tossed a bag to…
Date: July 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3234
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, for her son A.H., sued Defendant Officer under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, alleging he used excessive force by not giving a warning while searching with a canine trained to “bite and hold.” Trimble moved for…
Date: July 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1296
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company under 29 U.S.C. Section 1132(a)(1)(B), seeking to recover long-term disability benefits. The district court granted Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and…
Date: July 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1449
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit reversed the district court’s ruling denying the Deputy’s motion for qualified immunity in Plaintiff’s lawsuit, alleging that the Deputy’s conduct amounted to deliberate indifference to her seizure…
Date: July 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2308
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to a firearms offense. The district court sentenced Defendant to sixty months’ imprisonment. Defendant argued that the district court committed procedural error by miscalculating his base offense…
Date: July 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1894
Justia Opinion Summary: Show Me State Premium Homes wants its purchase of a foreclosed property to be free and clear of all other interests, including those belonging to the United States. Getting what it wants would require a “judicial sale.”…
Date: July 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1895
Justia Opinion Summary: Boulevard RE Holdings, LLC (Boulevard) sued Mixon Insurance Agency, Inc. (Mixon), alleging breach of contract and negligent procurement of insurance. Mixon moved for summary judgment. The district court granted Mixon’s…
Date: July 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2688
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court imposed a 96-month sentence followed by three years of supervised release. Defendant served that sentence and began supervised…
Date: July 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3044
Justia Opinion Summary: A federal jury convicted Defendant of attempted sex trafficking of a minor after he responded to an advertisement, negotiated a price for sexual relations with a 15-year-old, and traveled almost an hour through a…
Date: July 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3313
Justia Opinion Summary: Several cities in Minnesota alleged that a chemical in refined coal tar that was used in pavement sealants contaminated their stormwater ponds. They filed an action seeking damages from refiners and manufacturers of the…
Date: July 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2932
Justia Opinion Summary: Following a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigation, Defendant pled guilty to three counts involving methamphetamine: possession, distribution, and conspiracy. The district court1 sentenced Defendant to 210…
Date: July 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2403
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent suffers from multiple mental disorders, including schizophrenia. In 2018, he was sentenced to 80 months imprisonment for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. He was due to be released on…
Date: July 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2743
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant conditionally pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. His conditional plea preserved his right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress the ammunition recovered from his…
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