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Quick facts
Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Position circuit
Appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Commissioned 2018-12-12
ABA rating Not Qualified
Education Dordt University (B.A., 1996); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2000)
Signed orders read 72
Last updated 2026-07-16
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Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
Alexis Bailly Vineyard, Inc. v. John Harrington
18-1846 · 2019-07-29
Appeal (appellant)
Granted
“We reverse the district court's order granting summary judgment and remand for further proceedings.”
Winfred Beasley v. Warren Unilube, Inc.
18-2655 · 2019-08-09
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“The district court granted Warren's motion for summary judgment. We affirm.”
United States v. Michael Lowry
18-3109 · 2019-08-30
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“Although we agree that the officer who stopped Lowry lacked reasonable suspicion, suppression of the evidence is inappropriate under the attenuation doctrine. We therefore affirm.”
William Anderson v. City of Minneapolis
18-1941 · 2019-08-20
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“The district court granted defendants' motions to dismiss with prejudice. Anderson appeals the dismissal of his constitutional claims, and we affirm.”
Adam and Eve Jonesboro, LLC v. Harold Perrin
18-2818 · 2019-08-12
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“We hold that Adam and Eve has not engaged in speech and therefore cannot state a claim under the First Amendment. We also hold that the zoning law is not unconstitutionally vague and does not violate equal protection. We affirm.”
Brandon Peterson v. Cmdr. Roger Heinen
22-1603 · 2023-12-26
Appeal (appellant)
Granted in part
“we reverse in part, dismiss in part, and vacate in part. The case is remanded to the district court.”
United States v. Frank Vanoy
18-3165 · 2020-04-27
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“Vanoy's sentence is affirmed.”
United States v. Randy Dabney
21-2111 · 2022-08-03
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“We affirm.”
United States v. Christopher Stowell
21-2234 · 2022-07-25
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“We affirm.”
United States v. Mark Eggerson
19-3742 · 2021-06-07
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“We affirm.”
United States v. Christopher Martin
20-1511 · 2021-10-18
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“We affirm the district court's career offender enhancement. ... The judgment of the district court is affirmed.”
United States v. Tevin Maurstad
20-2936 · 2022-06-03
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“We affirm.”
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