Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Anthony D. Johnstone, joined by Judges Johnnie B. Rawlinson and Eric D. Miller, on Tuesday affirmed a permanent disqualification from federal food assistance for Brothers Market LLC No. 2 after finding that hundr...
The Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld a Nevada boater's misdemeanor conviction and six-month sentence for operating a jet ski negligently when his passenger drowned, ruling that "the failure to wear a life jacket and the failure to attach a safety lanyard may...
The Eighth Circuit on Thursday upheld a drug dealer's conspiracy conviction after finding that coded jailhouse calls about retrieving 'dog food' and 'toys' from a hidden wall compartment proved an agreement to distribute heroin, while dismissing a challenge...
Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Kobes, joined by Circuit Judges Loken and Smith, ruled Tuesday that a Minneapolis police officer who struck a bystander with a foam projectile during 2020 protests did not violate the Fourth Amendment because "th...
Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Park, joined by Circuit Judge Merriam and District Judge Matsumoto, held Monday that a defendant's bitcoin-for-cash exchanges with an undercover officer constituted operating an unlicensed money transmitting busi...
Writing for a unanimous panel on Tuesday, Chief Judge Diaz, joined by Circuit Judges Rushing and Heytens, affirmed a district court's ban on legal pornography for a repeat supervised release violator, explaining that 'pornography ignites a chain reaction of...
A Florida federal judge on Monday corrected restitution amounts for six defendants in a long-running criminal fraud case, ordering payments totaling over $3.1 million with the largest individual obligation set at $1.7 million.
Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Federico, joined by Chief Judge Holmes and Circuit Judge McHugh, on Monday upheld the wire fraud and money laundering convictions of Michael and Kimberley Tew, rejecting their claims that 'antagonistic defenses'...
Circuit Judge Rossman, joined by Judges Matheson and Phillips, on Tuesday affirmed dismissal of a $15 million civil rights lawsuit filed by Barry Morphew against Colorado law enforcement and prosecutors, ruling that the complaint failed to plausibly allege...
The Eighth Circuit on Monday affirmed a Missouri man's kidnapping and conspiracy convictions for helping his lover's estranged husband ambush her at a motel, rejecting arguments that contested evidence and a 20-year sentence were improper.
Circuit Judge Ritz, writing for a unanimous panel joined by Judges Batchelder and Clay, on Friday affirmed the conviction and 110-month sentence of Joseph McNoriell, rejecting his argument that being excluded from sidebar conferences violated his right to s...
Writing for a 2-1 panel, Circuit Judge Grant on Thursday reversed a district court's grant of habeas relief to death row inmate Marcus Bernard Williams, holding that new evidence of childhood sexual abuse would not have changed his sentence because 'Alabama...
Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Hartz, joined by Judges Tymkovich and McHugh, on Thursday affirmed a defendant's federal firearms conviction, holding that possessing guns in a stolen truck with 445 grams of methamphetamine satisfied the 'in fur...
Writing for a unanimous panel on Tuesday, Circuit Judge Hartz, joined by Judges Tymkovich and McHugh, affirmed a defendant's conviction under 18 U.S.C. ยง 924(c) for possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, ruling that 'the occasions when poss...
Chief Judge Mary Murguia on Friday ordered that a prisoner civil rights case be reheard en banc by the full Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, vacating a three-judge panel's decision in a dispute that has drawn significant attention from the court's active jud...
An Eighth Circuit panel on Thursday upheld a Missouri federal judge's denial of a child pornography defendant's motion to suppress evidence, finding the district court properly credited law enforcement testimony that a home search occurred within the warran...
Chief Judge Steven Colloton, writing for a unanimous Eighth Circuit panel on Tuesday, affirmed the conviction of Robert Wilburn for unlawful firearm possession, rejecting his challenge to evidentiary rulings even as the district judge had criticized the cir...
A unanimous Sixth Circuit panel on Friday removed a court-appointed attorney from a criminal appeal and referred him for discipline after he admitted using artificial intelligence to draft briefs containing fabricated legal quotations, writing that 'attorne...
Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Thapar on Thursday upheld both a district court's rejection of a plea agreement for a 180-month sentence and the defendant's ultimate 252-month prison term, finding the lower sentence would not adequately reflect...
Circuit Judge Ronald Lee Gilman, joined by Judges Kethledge and Hermandorfer, on Thursday affirmed dismissal of a former councilman's claims that city officials orchestrated his prosecution to retaliate for his political speech, ruling that 'the finding of...