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Today is:  [ Monday October 03, 2022 ]
The most recent opinions are for:  [ 10/03/2022 ]   

DISCLAIMER:  The following unofficial case summaries are prepared by the clerk's office
                         as a courtesy to the reader.  They are not part of the opinion of the court.


211865U.pdf  10/03/2022  Rafael Segovia-Yanes  v.  Merrick Garland
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:   21-1865
   Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Shepherd, Erickson, and Stras, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Petition for Review - Immigration. Issue not raised before the BIA would 
   not be considered. 
  

212724U.pdf  10/03/2022  United States  v.  Diondrey Hardwict
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:   21-2724
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Shepherd, Melloy and Stras, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. Anders case. Defendant's appeal fell within 
   the scope of the valid appeal waiver in his guilty plea agreement. 
   Challenge to restitution order rejected. 
  

221132U.pdf  10/03/2022  United States  v.  Austin Rockwood
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:   22-1132
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Western   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Shepherd, Kelly, and Grasz, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court did not err in calculating 
   defendant's base offense level under Guidelines Sec. 2K2.1(a)(4)(A) as his 
   Iowa conviction for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute is a 
   predicate offense for purposes of the Guidelines section - see U.S. v. 
   Bailey, 37 F.4th 467, 469-470 (8th Cir. 2022). 
  

221208U.pdf  10/03/2022  United States  v.  Brandy Fish
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:   22-1208
   U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Shepherd, Kelly, and Grasz, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Criminal case - Sentencing. Defendant was statutorily ineligible for 
   probation, and the the district court properly excluded probation as a 
   sentence under Sec. 3553(a)(3); defendant's sentence was not substantively 
   unreasonable. 
  

221984U.pdf  10/03/2022  United States  v.  Rafeal Mendez
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:   22-1984
   U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Eastern   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Shepherd, Kelly, and Grasz, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Criminal case - Sentencing. Sentence imposed upon the revocation of 
   defendant's supervised release was not substantively unreasonable.