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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 2003-09-10
ABA rating Qualified
Education Princeton University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1985); Yale Law School (J.D., 1988)
Signed orders read 30
Last updated 2026-07-04
Motion outcomes
AppealN = 27
counts only
8 1 15 3
Petition for reviewN = 3
counts only
1 1 1
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.
Headbird v. United States
15-1468 · 2016-02-19
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“the district court correctly dismissed Headbird's motion as untimely based on the limitations period of § 2255(f)(1).”
Planned Parenthood of Arkansas & Eastern Oklahoma v. Gillespie
15-1058 / 16-1382 · 2017-08-16
Appeal (appellant)
Granted
“The provision of the Medicaid Act does not unambiguously create a federal right for individual patients that can be enforced under § 1983. We therefore vacate the injunctions.”
McDaniel v. Precythe
17-1055 · 2018-07-27
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“The order of the district court is affirmed.”
Fant v. City of Ferguson
18-1472 · 2019-01-10
Appeal (appellant)
Moot / procedural
“Because the City disclaims any sovereign immunity for itself, and seeks only to invoke the sovereign immunity of a nonparty, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.”
United States v. Loftin
24-1768 · 2025-04-21
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“The district court did not rule on Loftin's as-applied challenge to the statute because the issue could not be determined without a trial on the merits, and Loftin waived the as-applied challenge by pleading guilty.”
Litterer v. Rushmore Loan Management Services, LLC
16-3060 · 2018-07-12
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“The judgment of the district court is affirmed.”
Employers Preferred Insurance Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.
17-3355 · 2019-01-10
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“The judgment of the district court is affirmed.”
WM Crittenden Operations, LLC v. United Food & Commercial Workers, Local Union 1529
20-2538 · 2021-08-16
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“For these reasons, the judgment of the district court is affirmed.”
Free and Fair Election Fund v. Missouri Ethics Commission
17-2239 · 2018-09-10
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“The judgment of the district court is affirmed.”
Doe v. Peterson
21-1680 · 2022-08-05
Appeal (appellant)
Denied
“The judgment of the district court is affirmed.”
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Reynolds
22-1830 · 2024-01-08
Appeal (appellant)
Granted
“For these reasons, we reverse the judgment, vacate the injunction, and remand for further proceedings.”
Prisk v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of America
22-2769 · 2023-08-25
Appeal (appellant)
Granted
“For these reasons, the judgment of the district court is reversed, and the case is remanded with directions to enter judgment for Travelers.”
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