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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Ronald ReaganRepublican
Seat
CA81301
Nominated
June 25, 1985
Committee hearing
July 17, 1985
Committee action
Reported (favorably)July 18, 1985
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
July 19, 1985
Commissioned
July 22, 1985
Chief Judge from
Jan. 1, 1999until Jan. 1, 2002
Senior status
Dec. 14, 2018

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

Cases

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

CaseNo.StatusDate
United States v. Tommy Collier 23-3255 Decided Sept. 6, 2024
United States v. Norman Burch 23-3356 Decided Aug. 19, 2024
United States v. Sylvester Cunningham 22-1080 Decided Aug. 16, 2024
United States v. Juan Osorio 23-2490 Decided Aug. 5, 2024
L.H. v. Independence School District 23-2326 Decided Aug. 2, 2024
Jason Storrs v. Travis Rozeboom 22-3358 Decided July 25, 2024
Michelle Collins v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. 23-2711 Decided July 24, 2024
Clyde Carter, Jr. v. Secretary, Department of Labor 22-3218 Decided July 18, 2024 Authored
United States v. Kendra Kingsbury 23-2550 Decided July 15, 2024
United States v. Jonathan Sutton 23-3214 Decided June 26, 2024
United States v. Antoine Maxwell 22-2653 Decided Dec. 27, 2023 Authored
Miguel Pascual-Miguel v. Merrick B. Garland 20-2397 Decided Dec. 27, 2023
United States v. Theodore Browne 22-3333 Decided Dec. 27, 2023
Allen Bloodworth, II v. Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners 22-3540 Decided Dec. 22, 2023
Strategic Technology Institute v. NLRB 22-2958 Decided Dec. 6, 2023
United States v. Cody Rethford 22-3634 Decided Nov. 3, 2023
United States v. Lamont Bailey 22-3394 Decided Nov. 3, 2023
Vanessa Dundon v. Kyle Kirchmeier 22-1246 Decided Nov. 3, 2023
United States v. Nicholas Jackson 22-3666 Decided Oct. 11, 2023
United States v. Kevin Green 22-2869 Decided Oct. 5, 2023 Authored

Judicial writings

Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion Clyde Carter, Jr. v. Secretary, Department of Labor Eighth Circuit July 18, 2024
Opinion United States v. Antoine Maxwell Eighth Circuit Dec. 27, 2023
Opinion United States v. Kevin Green Eighth Circuit Oct. 5, 2023
Opinion Angela Cantrell v. Coloplast Corp. Eighth Circuit Aug. 10, 2023
Opinion Prospect ECHN, Inc. v. Winthrop Resources Corp. Eighth Circuit July 28, 2023
Opinion Kendall Hunt Publishing Company v. The Learning Tree Publishing Corporation Eighth Circuit July 24, 2023
Opinion United States v. James Workman Eighth Circuit June 22, 2023
Opinion Alison Dreith v. City of St. Louis, Missouri Eighth Circuit Dec. 15, 2022
Opinion City of Ashdown, Arkansas v. Netflix, Inc. Eighth Circuit Nov. 8, 2022
Opinion United States v. Matthew Langenberg Eighth Circuit Nov. 4, 2022
Opinion United States v. Keith Larry Eighth Circuit Oct. 17, 2022
Opinion Elizabeth Zick v. Paccar, Inc. Eighth Circuit Aug. 26, 2022
Opinion Melissa Galloway v. Kilolo Kijakazi Eighth Circuit Aug. 18, 2022
Opinion Salvador Gutierrez-Vargas v. Merrick B. Garland Eighth Circuit Aug. 1, 2022
Opinion United States v. Anthony Redman Eighth Circuit July 12, 2022
Opinion United States v. Curtis Smith Eighth Circuit Dec. 23, 2021
Opinion Regional Home Health Care, Inc v. Xavier Becerra Eighth Circuit Dec. 6, 2021
Opinion Susan Ackerman v. State of Iowa Eighth Circuit Dec. 6, 2021
Opinion Daniel Monohon v. BNSF Railway Company Eighth Circuit Nov. 4, 2021
Opinion Lariat Companies, Inc. v. Barbara Wigley Eighth Circuit Oct. 18, 2021