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8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Nov 13, 2023

Civil Rights: Excessive Force-1983-Supervisory Liability

Dundon v. Kirchmeier (MLW No. 80695/Case No. 22-1246 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, Traynor, J. (Rachel Lederman, of Oakland, CA for appellants; Melinda Longford Power, of Chicago, IL; Mara E. Verheyden-Hilliard, of Washington, D.C.; Janine L. Hoft, of Chicago, IL; Natali Segovia, of Albuquerque, NM; Ana[...]

Nov 13, 2023

Civil Practice: Res Judicata-Pro Se Complaint

Robinson v. Wells Fargo (MLW No. 80713/Case No. 23-1831 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri.

Nov 13, 2023

Civil Practice: Civil Commitment-Jurisdiction

U.S. v. Smith (MLW No. 80706/Case No. 21-3660 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri.

Nov 13, 2023

Civil Practice: Civil Commitment-Jurisdiction

U.S. v. Gregos-Gutierrez (MLW No. 80707/Case No. 22-2095 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri.

Nov 6, 2023

Immigration: Asylum-Withholding of Removal-Appellate Jurisdiction

Arias v. Garland (MLW No. 80667/Case No. 23-1185 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Nov 6, 2023

Criminal Law: Sexual Exploitation of Children-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence-Appeal Waiver

U.S. v. Gerard (MLW No. 80684/Case No. 22-3614 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, Hovland, J.

Nov 6, 2023

Criminal Law: Revocation of Supervised Release-Reasonableness of Sentence-Due Process

U.S. v. Bowman (MLW No. 80685/Case No. 23-1952 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Fenner, J.

Nov 6, 2023

Criminal Law: Conspiracy to Defraud the U.S.-Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence

U.S. v. Smith (MLW No. 80668/Case No. 23-1409 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, Brooks, J.

Nov 6, 2023

Criminal Law: Child Pornography-Bottom-of-Guidelines Sentence-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence

U.S. v. Patel (MLW No. 80666/Case No. 22-3384 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Rose, J. 

Nov 6, 2023

Civil Rights: 1983-Adverse Verdict-Challenge to Document Production

Paul v. Pacheco (MLW No. 80683/Case No. 22-2921 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Clark, J.

Oct 30, 2023

Torts: Cyberharassment-Expert Witness-Motion to Disqualify

Tumey, LLP v. Mycroft AI, Inc. (MLW No. 80663/Case Nos. 23-1004 & 23-1214 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Melloy, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Phillips, J. (Eric Michael Adams, of Houston, TX for appellant) (Robert A. Horn, of Kansas City, MO and Andrea S. McMurty, of Kansas City, MO for appellee)

Oct 30, 2023

Immigration: Asylum-Convention Against Torture-Cognizable Social Group

Pacheco-Mota v. Garland (MLW No. 80638/Case No. 23-3651 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gruender, J.) Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. (Benjamin David Bergmann, of Des Moines, IA for petitioner) (John Frederick Stanton, USDOJ OIL, of Washington, D.C. for respondent)

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