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The Tenth Circuit reversed the dismissal of charges against defendants who sold unprocessed poppy seeds coated in opium latex. The court held that extracting opioids from these seeds to make tea constitutes manufacturing a controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act.
The Eleventh Circuit held that the district court lacked jurisdiction to review a bankruptcy court judgment because the notice of appeal was not filed in compliance with procedural rules. The court vacated the district court's final judgment and remanded with instructions to dismiss the appeal without prejudice.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has granted petitions for rehearing en banc in the consolidated cases of United States v. Ruiz and United States v. Hebert. The court has vacated its prior judgments and reopened the matters to address critical questions regarding the burden of proof for non-Indian status in General Crimes Act prosecutions.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has granted petitions for rehearing en banc in the consolidated cases of United States v. Ruiz and United States v. Hebert. The court has vacated its prior panel judgments and stayed the issuance of mandates pending further proceedings.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court's revocation sentence for supervised release. The court found no plain error in the lower court's consideration of the defendant's respect for the law.
The Eighth Circuit dismissed an appeal by a defendant who had entered a plea agreement containing an appeal waiver. The court found the waiver valid and enforceable, concluding there were no non-frivolous issues outside its scope.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a 120-month mandatory minimum sentence imposed on Philip Anthony Maheia for a drug offense. The court held that the district court correctly applied a two-level aggravating-role enhancement, which precluded Maheia from receiving safety-valve relief.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a criminal sentence imposed after the defendant pled guilty to a tax offense. The court concluded the district court did not impose a substantively unreasonable sentence.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court's revocation of supervised release and imposition of a ten-month prison sentence. The panel found no significant procedural error and determined the sentence was not substantively unreasonable.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of Deshante R. Nabors in a per curiam decision. The court rejected Nabors's pro se challenges regarding pretrial motions, trial conduct, and sentencing guidelines calculations.
