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Quick facts
Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Position circuit
Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Commissioned 2006-10-10
ABA rating Unanimously Well Qualified
Education Ouachita Baptist University (B.A., 1973); University of Arkansas School of Law (J.D., 1975)
Signed orders read 27
Last updated 2026-07-09
Motion outcomes
AppealN = 25
counts only
Granted 3 Granted in part 3 Denied 19
Petition for reviewN = 2
counts only
Denied 2
Counted from classified signed orders. A “1 of 1” is one ruling, not a tendency.
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Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
B & B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc.
12-1936 · 2013-05-01
Appeal (appellant)
Granted in part
“We affirm the decision of the district court except as to attorney fees. On the matter of attorney fees, we remand for recalculation of those fees.”
Chaudhry Ashraf v. Loretta E. Lynch
14-3179 · 2016-04-22
Petition for review (petitioner)
Denied
“We deny the petition for review.”
Charles Odom v. Kenan Kaizer
16-2681 · 2017-07-26
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“Finding no genuine dispute of material fact and that Kaizer is entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law, we affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment and dismissal with prejudice in favor of Officer Kaizer.”
Cheri Marie Hanson v. Daniel Best
17-3821 · 2019-02-08
Appeal (appellant)
Granted
“We reverse the denial of qualified immunity to the officers and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
Nathan Rinne v. Greg Hasty
24-2364 / 24-2365 · 2025-06-09
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“we affirm the denial of legislative immunity, and the rest of this appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.”
United States v. Luis Vazques
22-2324 · 2023-08-31
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.”
United States v. Charles H. Lester, Jr.
23-2176 · 2024-02-08
Appeal (appellant)
Granted
“Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we reverse and remand.”
United States v. Charles Hamber
24-1967 · 2025-02-05
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“we conclude that the district court did not err in denying the motion to suppress. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.”
Geneva Kristina Hudson v. United States
24-3037 · 2025-06-16
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“Hudson appeals, and, having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.”
Michelle Collins v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
23-2711 · 2024-07-24
Appeal (appellant)
Granted in part
“we affirm the grant of summary judgment on the hostile work environment claim but reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion on the discrimination and retaliation claims in light of the Supreme Court's recent decision in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, 144 S. Ct. 967 (2024).”
Aldridge Winfrey v. City of Forrest City, Arkansas
17-1604 · 2018-02-16
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“Exercising de novo review, ... we reject his arguments and affirm the district court.”
United States v. Eswin Lopez
22-3044 · 2023-07-20
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.”
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