Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court's award of attorney's fees and costs to a defendant after the plaintiff lost a copyright infringement suit. The appellate court found no abuse of discretion in the lower court's decision to impose the financial penalty.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed Raheam McLean's supervised release revocation sentence, finding no plain error in the district court's explanation or alleged Tapia violation due to a failure to preserve objections. The court modified the written judgment to remove an erroneous reference to a mandatory condition that did not match the oral pronouncement.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial of a preliminary injunction brought by a group seeking to exclude transgender athletes from girls' sports. The court held that Title IX does not provide a private right of action for claims based on disparate impact rather than intentional discrimination.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion for compassionate release. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying relief after considering relevant factors.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court judgment denying a motion to dismiss a firearm possession charge. The court held that it could not overrule a prior panel decision finding the statute constitutional under the Second Amendment.
The Eighth Circuit vacates Paul Parrow's conviction for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances due to a district court's erroneous exclusion of evidence regarding a co-owner's drug history. The court affirmed the conspiracy conviction, finding the evidentiary error harmless for that count, but ordered a new trial on the possession charge where the excluded evidence was critical to the defense.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for prison medical staff, ruling that an inmate failed to exhaust administrative remedies for claims regarding a dislocated finger. The court held that the inmate's grievances did not specifically name the individual defendants or address the specific delays alleged, leaving the claims unexhausted under the PLRA.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed Jacob Robinson's sentence as an armed career criminal, ruling that his prior Arkansas conviction met the statutory elements of the Armed Career Criminal Act. The court rejected arguments regarding the age of the prior offense and procedural errors in sentencing calculations while granting counsel's motion to withdraw.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a sentence reduction motion under the compassionate release statute. The appellate court found no abuse of discretion in the lower court's weighing of the offense severity and public safety concerns.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court's decision to revoke supervised release and impose a 24-month prison sentence. The court held that the defendant failed to prove plain error regarding delays caused by pending state charges or that the sentence was unreasonable.