2023 Eighth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Date: March 23, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3038
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued her former employers, Rowley Memorial Masonic Home and Rowley Masonic Assisted Living Community, LLC (collectively, Rowley), as well as the Administrator, and Director of Nursing, for age discrimination…
Date: March 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1035
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was fired by John Deere & Co.; he sued Deere for failing to accommodate his disability and discriminating against him in violation of the Iowa Civil Rights Act (ICRA). The district court granted summary…
Date: March 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1053
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, seeking to purchase firearms, successfully petitioned a Minnesota state court to restore his right to possess firearms under the Minnesota restoration of rights statute. He was then granted the right to…
Date: March 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1259
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of several child pornography-related offenses. He appealed the district court’s denial of his pretrial suppression motion, the application of a sentencing enhancement, and the grouping of his…
Date: March 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1408
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant entered a conditional guilty plea to possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. He appealed the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. Defendant argued that…
Date: March 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1579
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Homolka, Homolka P.A., Watts Guerra, and Watts, alleging he is owed (1) $10,000 per month as leasing payments from October 2015, the first month he stopped receiving payments, until the…
Date: March 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1186
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and the district court imposed a sentence of 71 months of imprisonment. Defendant appealed, asserting that the government…
Date: March 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1182
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his convictions and sentence of 1,680 months imprisonment for seven counts of child-exploitation and child pornography offenses. Specifically, he challenged the jury selection, the jury instructions,…
Date: March 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1380
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g)(1). The district court sentenced Defendant to 75 months imprisonment. The government appealed the district court’s decision not to enhance Defendant’s…
Date: March 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2058
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Air Force required all service members to be vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to certain exemptions. In this case, thirty-six members of the Air Force, Air Force Reserve, or Air National Guard sued…
Date: March 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2110
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant conditionally pled guilty to being a felon in possession of ammunition. The district court sentenced Defendant to 48 months of imprisonment. Defendant appealed the district court’s denial of his motion to…
Date: March 14, 2023
Docket Number: 20-2529
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the denial of his application for cancellation of removal. In his petition, Petitioner…
Date: March 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3548
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury, one count of health care fraud, and one count of obtaining controlled substances by fraud. Defendant caused multiple persons,…
Date: March 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3916
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of offenses involving interstate transportation of stolen property and witness tampering. The district court sentenced him to a total of 108 months imprisonment, along with a term of supervised…
Date: March 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3924
Justia Opinion Summary: A grand jury charged the five appellants with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Each appellant pleaded guilty and was sentenced to terms of imprisonment. The Eighth Circuit affirmed. The…
Date: March 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3849
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the district court’s1 denial of his pro se motion to terminate supervision or modify conditions of supervised release. Defendant argued that the district court violated Federal Rule of Criminal…
Date: March 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1284
Justia Opinion Summary: After a three-day trial, a jury convicted Defendant of being a felon in possession of a firearm and, in a separate count, of being a felon in possession of ammunition, following a shooting in north Minneapolis. The…
Date: March 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1547
Justia Opinion Summary: Philander Smith College fired Plaintiff after she referred to a student as “retarded” for using a cell phone during class. She sued for sex discrimination, retaliation, and breach of contract. After granting summary…
Date: March 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1778
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to the charge that he was an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm. He was charged with this offense on December 15, 2020, and arrested on December 17. A warrant…
Date: March 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2477
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of Defendant’s motion to suppress and his request for a Franks hearing. The court explained that because Defendant was not unlawfully questioned, his contention…
Date: March 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3717
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and heroin. The district court sentenced him to 180 months imprisonment. Defendant appealed, arguing the court erred in applying a…
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3141
Justia Opinion Summary: National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh (National Union) filed suit to obtain a declaration that it owed no payment to Cargill, Inc. under the employee theft clause of the insurance policy held by Cargill.…
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1601
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff applied for and was denied disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (“SSA”). Plaintiff appealed the decision to the District of Minnesota, arguing in part that the Administrative Law Judge…
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1740
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of two child pornography-related offenses. On appeal, Defendant challenged the district court’s admission of social media evidence at trial, the sufficiency of the evidence, and the court’s…
Date: March 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1573
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of interference with commerce by robbery, possessing and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. The…
Date: March 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2005
Justia Opinion Summary: D.B., a juvenile and an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree burglary pursuant to a plea agreement. The district court sentenced him to 12 months of official detention…
Date: March 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3891
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a Minnesota prisoner, sued several officials of the Minnesota Department of Corrections, alleging that they violated his constitutional rights by failing to protect him from an attack by a fellow inmate. The…
Date: March 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1390
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of sexual abuse and aggravated sexual abuse of one child and abusive sexual contact and aggravated sexual abuse (two counts) of another child. The district court sentenced him to 32 years in…
Date: March 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1623
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of two counts of felon-in-possession and one count of possessing an unregistered firearm. Defendant brought three challenges. First, he argues that Standing Order 19-03 and Standing Order…
Date: March 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1708
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant entered a conditional plea of guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and possession of a firearm. He reserved the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress drugs and a gun seized…
Date: March 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3738
Justia Opinion Summary: Lindenwood Female College (Lindenwood) asserted class action claims against its casualty insurer, Zurich American Insurance Company (Zurich), alleging a wrongful denial of coverage for COVID-19 business interruption at…
Date: March 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1643
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine with two prior serious drug felonies. The district court sentenced him to 324 months in prison. Defendant appealed, arguing that…
Date: March 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1977
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court’s order upholding a decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration denying her disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. She argued that the…
Date: March 1, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3176
Justia Opinion Summary: A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) vehicle allegedly ran over A.M.L.’s foot on July 18, 2018. A.M.L.’s mother sent a Claim for Damage, Injury or Death (Standard Form 95) to USPS in August 2018. A year later, A.M.L.’s attorney…
Date: March 1, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3561
Justia Opinion Summary: Martinique Properties, LLC filed a complaint against Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London (Underwriters), seeking to vacate an arbitration award. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim…
Date: March 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1138
Justia Opinion Summary: Core and Main LP (“C&M”) supplies water, wastewater, storm drainage, and fire protection products and services to commercial and governmental customers. C&M acquired the assets of Minnesota Pipe and Equipment Company…
Date: March 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1379
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of one count of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine or 5 grams or more of actual, pure methamphetamine, two counts of distribution of heroin, and one count of distribution…
Date: March 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2238
Justia Opinion Summary: The City of Carthage sued Union Pacific Railroad Co. for breach of contract, claiming UP failed to maintain several bridges. On summary judgment, the district court ruled that the City’s breach-of-contract claim was…
Date: February 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2057
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Defendant, Baptist Health, on her sex-discrimination, retaliation, hostile work environment, constructive-discharge, and negligent-retention claims.…
Date: February 27, 2023
Docket Number: 20-2852
Justia Opinion Summary: The City of Edina, Minnesota, passed an ordinance banning the sale of flavored tobacco products. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company sued the City, arguing that the Ordinance is preempted by the Family Smoking Prevention and…
Date: February 27, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3087
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs are three skiers who purchased an Ikon Pass for the 2019–20 ski season. Each pass provided purchasers with unlimited ski access at participating Ikon resorts in North America. Along with their Ikon Pass,…
Date: February 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1528
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant entered a guilty plea to two counts of distributing a controlled substance. The district court concluded that defendant qualified as a career offender under U.S.S.G Sec. 4B1.1. Defendant appealed on this issue.…
Date: February 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2133
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was arrested for a firearm offense after he was pulled over and during the traffic stop, the officer conducted a pat down search, finding a firearm. Defendant entered a conditional guilty plea, subject to his…
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3259
Justia Opinion Summary: Employees at C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. jumped ship to join Traffic Tech, Inc. C.H. Robinson then sued five of those former employees and Traffic Tech, raising various state-law claims, including tortious interference…
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1206
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued Credit Bureau Services, Inc. and C.J. Tighe (collectively, the “collectors”) for unfair debt-collection practices. The district court granted judgment as a matter of law to Plaintiff and the plaintiff…
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1221
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. On appeal, Defendant contends (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction; (2) the district court erred in…
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1252
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury found Defendants guilty of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. In a consolidated appeal, the three raise numerous challenges to the admission of wiretap evidence, the jury instructions, the sufficiency…
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1685
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff fled when Defendant police officer stopped him based on an outstanding warrant for fifth-degree theft. At the nearby police station, Plaintiff briefly refused to obey Defendant’s command to exit the squad car…
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2096
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued Minnesota Life Insurance Company and Securian Life Insurance Company, alleging that their denial of her claim for life insurance benefits violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). The…
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2257
Justia Opinion Summary: After her husband died of a heroin overdose, Plaintiff sought accidental death benefits under an employer-sponsored benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The plan’s…
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3262
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of aggravated sexual abuse, and the district court sentenced him to 440 months in prison. Defendant appealed his conviction. The Eighth Circuit affirmed. The court explained that Defendant…
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3875
Justia Opinion Summary: Following a six-week trial in 1998, a federal jury convicted Defendant of twelve crimes he committed as part of the 6-0 Tres Crips, including the five murders (Counts 51-55) and conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack…
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1131
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The district court denied his motion for a new trial in a thirty-page Order and…
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1475
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C Section 922(g)(1) pursuant to a written plea agreement. He later moved to withdraw his guilty plea when the probation office…
Date: February 17, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3195
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellees raised a First Amendment challenge to South Dakota’s statutory deadlines to submit petitions to initiate South Dakota statutes and to amend the South Dakota Constitution. After a bench trial, the district court…
Date: February 16, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3330
Justia Opinion Summary: After Plaintiff prevailed at trial and was awarded $58,240 in damages, plus post-judgment interest, Plaintiff sought attorneys’ fees in the amount of $701,706, litigation costs in the amount of $43,089.48, and additional…
Date: February 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1301
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) permanently disqualified Euclid Market Inc. (“Euclid Market”) from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”) after it determined Euclid Market had…
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2333
Justia Opinion Summary: After conceding that he was removable from the United States for entering the country without being admitted or paroled, Petitioner applied for asylum on the ground that gangs in his native Honduras had persecuted him in…
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3263
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3264
Justia Opinion Summary: Several homeowners hired contractors to repair damage to their homes. The homeowners assigned to the contractors their rights under their insurance policies with State Farm & Casualty Co. State Farm refused to pay. The…
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1448
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to carjacking and brandishing-a-firearm charges and received a 179-month sentence. He now argued that the district court committed procedural and substantive errors in determining his sentence.…
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1699
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury convicted Defendant, former Sheriff of Franklin County, Arkansas, of depriving two jail detainees of their constitutional rights by subjecting them to unreasonable force that resulted in bodily injury, the…
Date: February 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2705
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was indicted on separate counts of producing, receiving, and possessing child pornography. He moved to suppress all evidence obtained after the warrantless seizure of his cell phone, including the images found…
Date: February 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2119
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was sentenced to 27 months of imprisonment and a five-year term of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of failing to register as a sex offender. His term of supervised release began on…
Date: February 8, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2995
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted three Defendants (“D1”, “D2”, and “D3”) of conspiring to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. The jury also convicted D1 and D3 of possessing 100 kilograms or more of marijuana with intent to…
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1238
Justia Opinion Summary: WinRed, a “conduit” political action committee (PAC), centralizes donations to Republican-affiliated candidates and committees. WinRed helps them set up a WinRed.com webpage where donors contribute. WinRed collects and…
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1366
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his motion to reconsider the denial of an administrative closure of his removal proceedings. Petitioner moved for…
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1399
Justia Opinion Summary: Ahern Rentals, Inc. (Ahern), alleges that two competitors— EquipmentShare.com, Inc. (EquipmentShare) and EZ Equipment Zone, LLC (EZ)— misappropriated its trade secrets to gain an unfair advantage in the construction…
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1466
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought a putative class action against Cash Advance Centers, Inc., alleging a violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. Section 227. Counsel purporting to represent Cash Advance Centers,…
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1952
Justia Opinion Summary: Medical Protective Company (“MedPro”) issued Professional Liability policies to Dr. Bradley DeWall and Wound Management Consultants, P.C. (collectively, “WMC”). Coverage Paragraph A insured WMC against “claim[s] for…
Date: February 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3564
Justia Opinion Summary: The decedent, while detained at the Washington County Jail (“WCJ”), committed suicide by jumping from a height. Plaintiff, as trustee for the decedent’s next of kin, brought an action under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 against…
Date: February 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3755
Justia Opinion Summary: While in jail, Plaintiff clawed at his own eye with enough force to tear it out. Plaintiff sued nearly everyone involved, including St. Charles County, under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983. The district court concluded that none…
Date: February 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1058
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, individually and as special administrator of the Estate of her father (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), appealed following the district court’s dismissal of her claims for legal malpractice, fraud, and deceit…
Date: February 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1830
Justia Opinion Summary: Officers in an armored police vehicle shot tear gas at three people near the scene of a protest in downtown St. Louis. The district court concluded that all three had a First Amendment retaliation claim. The Eighth…
Date: February 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2139
Justia Opinion Summary: ResCap Liquidating Trust (“ResCap”) pursued indemnification claims against originator Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. (“PRMI”), a Nevada corporation. ResCap asserted breach of contract and indemnification claims,…
Date: February 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1031
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed a judgment of the district court committing him to the custody of the Attorney General for medical care and treatment under 18 U.S.C. Section 4246. The court found that Defendant presently suffered…
Date: January 31, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4016
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 lawsuit stemming from her son’s death while under the supervision of employees at an Arkansas jail. She alleged that Defendants were deliberately indifferent to her son’s serious…
Date: January 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1230
Justia Opinion Summary: Continental Resources, Inc. operates an input well on Timothy and Tracy Browns’ land in Harding County, South Dakota. The Browns sued Continental, seeking compensation for damage to the surface of their land and…
Date: January 26, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3090
Justia Opinion Summary: DirecTV and Dish Network (“Defendants”) provide video services in part through the Internet. The City of Creve Coeur filed this class action in Missouri state court on behalf of local government authorities, seeking a…
Date: January 26, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3096
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was electrocuted by a powerline owned and operated by the City of Sibley, Iowa. Plaintiff sued the City, in relevant part, for negligence and negligence per se. Plaintiff’s wife also brought a loss of…
Date: January 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1046
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant brought a variety of state and federal claims against the City of Waynesville (the City), the Waynesville Police Department (WPD), WPD Chief, WPD Officers, and Pulaski County Prosecutor (collectively,…
Date: January 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1373
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of attempted enticement of a minor, travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and transfer of obscene material to a minor. The district court sentenced him to 144 months in prison.…
Date: January 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1824
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. On appeal, Defendant challenged an order of the district court denying her motion to suppress evidence obtained during a traffic…
Date: January 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1292
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of possessing at least five kilograms of cocaine. Defendant retained new counsel and moved for judgment of acquittal or a new trial, raising numerous issues. The district court denied the…
Date: January 24, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3091
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of 15 child pornography-related offenses. On appeal, Defendant argued his possession and receipt of child pornography convictions violate the Double Jeopardy Clause, and he contends his…
Date: January 24, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3690
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his 2021 conviction for various sex-trafficking offenses. He argues that the Government was prohibited from prosecuting him based on a “No Further Prosecution” clause in a prior 2018 plea agreement…
Date: January 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1703
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued the government pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), asserting multiple negligent and intentional tort causes of action after being sexually assaulted by an employee of the United States…
Date: January 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2075
Justia Opinion Summary: Block, Inc. appealed from an order granting in part H&R Block, Inc. and HRB Innovations, Inc.’s (collectively, “H&R Block”) motion for a preliminary injunction. H&R Block claims that the use of “Block” and a green square…
Date: January 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1015
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner and her daughter, D.A.M.I., natives and citizens of Guatemala, petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the immigration judge’s (IJ) decision finding Petitioner…
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2698
Justia Opinion Summary: General Motors (“GM”) installed Generation IV 5.3 Liter V8 Vortec 5300 LC9 engines (“Gen IV engine”) in seven different GMC and Chevrolet trucks and SUVs in model years 2010 to 2014 (the “affected vehicles”). In 2016,…
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3137
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs brought a U.S.C. Section 1983 action against the City of Florissant, Missouri. They allege the City is liable under Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978), because Florissant police…
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3192
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3298
Justia Opinion Summary: Five months after being sued in Oregon for trademark infringement, Jacob Rieger & Co., LLC provided notice to its liability insurer, Cincinnati Insurance Company. Due to Rieger’s delay, Cincinnati refused to reimburse…
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3910
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff alleged that Police officers in the St. Peters Police Department created a text messaging group to update each other about local Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests. Although the text group was intended for…
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2331
Justia Opinion Summary: While on supervised release after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, Defendant reportedly assaulted his girlfriend and therefore violated the conditions of his release. At the ensuing revocation…
Date: January 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1476
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to two child pornography offenses. The district court sentenced him to 600 months’ imprisonment. On appeal, Defendant challenges the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence,…
Date: January 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3757
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of ammunition found after he shot a man in a convenience store in Davenport, Iowa. The victim recovered; both were separately prosecuted. Defendant appealed his…
Date: January 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3863
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute at least 50 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine and as part of his plea agreement he agreed to waive some of his rights to appeal his conviction…
Date: January 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1766
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant admitted to violating the terms of his supervised release. The district court sentenced him to nine months in prison. Defendant appealed, claiming that his sentence is substantively unreasonable. The Eighth…
Date: January 13, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-2764, 22-2764 [Per Curiam - Before Loken, Erickson, and Stras, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Civil rights. The district court did not err in determining plaintiff had failed to show he had exhausted his administrative remedies before filing this action. [ January 12, 2023 ]
Date: January 11, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3927
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a home-delivery subscriber to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch daily newspaper (the “Post-Dispatch”), filed a putative class action for damages against the owner and publisher of the Post-Dispatch in state court…
Date: January 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1683
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued the United States pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) after an employee of a hospital operated by the Indian Health Service (IHS) struck Plaintiff with his vehicle. Plaintiff claimed that the…
Date: January 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3452
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs made contracts for deed for two properties of farmland in South Dakota with L & L Partnership, owned in part by Defendants. After several foreclosure proceedings and state court cases, Plaintiffs lost all…
Date: January 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1052
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants (D1 and D2) were each convicted of unlawfully possessing a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) after the district court denied their motions to suppress. On appeal, Defendants…
Date: January 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1014
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants (D1 and D2) were each convicted of unlawfully possessing a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) after the district court denied their motions to suppress. On appeal, Defendants…
Date: January 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3468
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff bought a laptop with a manufacturer’s warranty from Target. He filed a class action on behalf of “all citizens of Arkansas who purchased one or more products from Target that cost over $15 and that were subject…
Date: January 6, 2023
Docket Number: 21-3530
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff argued with a police officer during a protest in downtown St. Louis. Defendant- Lieutenant saw the confrontation and, fearing for the other officer’s safety, pepper-sprayed him. Plaintiff alleged that the force…
Date: January 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4028
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was arrested pursuant to an absconder warrant for failing to report to his supervising parole officer. Law enforcement received a tip that Defendant was staying at a certain residence and arrested him in the…
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1463
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and Defendant both work for the State of Iowa. Plaintiff is a urologist at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics; Defendant is a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law. After Defendant…
