OPINIONS ARE POSTED DAILY BETWEEN 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. Today is: [ Friday August 14, 2009 ] - - - - - NO OPINIONS HAVE BEEN POSTED TODAY The most recent opinions are for: [ 08/13/2009 ]  
DISCLAIMER:  The following unofficial case summaries are prepared by the clerk's office                            as a courtesy to the reader. They are not part of the opinion of the court.
072036U.pdf 08/13/2009 David Hering v. Iowa State Patrol U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 07-2036 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Bye, Bowman and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - civil rights. Defendant's judgment affirmed without comment. 083714U.pdf 08/13/2009 United States v. Emerson Jackson U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 08-3714 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Melloy, Beam and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - criminal law. Evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conspiracy conviction; no error in denying defendant's motion for new trial as the evidence did not weigh so heavily against the verdict that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred. 083819P.pdf 08/13/2009 United States v. Gerald Gammage U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 08-3819 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines [PUBLISHED] [Arnold, Author, with Murphy and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Sentencing. District court erred in determining that defendant was an armed career criminal, and the matter is remanded for resentencing on the basis of the record already before the court.