for the Eighth Circuit

111922U.pdf   02/13/2013  United States  v.  Andrew Hyer
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-1922
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Kopf, Author, with Bye and Melloy, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Affidavit supplied in
   support of the warrant application established probable cause for a 
   search of defendant's residence; sentence was not substantively
   unreasonable.
  
112554P.pdf   02/13/2013  Joseph Ruppert  v.  Principal Life Insurance Co.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-2554
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Loken and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - ERISA. The confidential settlement agreement and consent
   judgment in this case permit plaintiff to revive his individual claim in
   order to petition the district court for additional recovery, and the
   decision is not final for purposes of appeal; assuming there is a final
   decision, the case is moot because when a putative class plaintiff
   voluntarily dismisses the individual claims underlying a request for
   class certification, there is no longer a self-interested party advocating
   for class treatment in the manner necessary to satisfy Article III standing
   requirements.
  
113768P.pdf   02/13/2013  King Cole Foods, Inc.  v.  SuperValu, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-3768
                          and No:  11-3773
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Murphy and Benton, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Antitrust. Non-signatory defendant wholesalers could not
   use equitable estoppel to compel the plaintiff retailers to arbitrate
   their antitrust claims; case remanded to the district court for further
   consideration of the wholesalers' argument regarding successors-in-
   interest. Judge Benton, dissenting.
  
121645P.pdf   02/13/2013  United States  v.  Mark Skoda
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-1645
   U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Lincoln   
   [PUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Murphy, Benton and Shepherd,
   Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - Criminal law. Defendant had no reasonable
   expectation of privacy in the property in question as he had no ownership
   or possessory interest in the property; police had probable cause to search
   the vehicle found on the property; evidence was sufficient to support
   defendant's conviction for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine.
  
121712P.pdf   02/13/2013  Jenna Wood  v.  SatCom Marketing, LLC
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-1712
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Murphy and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Employment discrimination. District court erred in
   determining that plaintiff failed to establish a claim of retaliation
   in violation of the Minnesota Whistleblower Act, the Minnesota Human
   Rights Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act based on its finding that
   none of her actions were protected activities because at least three of
   her reports were protected activities as they made in good faith to expose
   suspected illegalities; however, defendant was still entitled to summary
   judgment on the claims as defendant articulated legitimate, non-
   retaliatory grounds for plaintiff's discharge, and plaintiff failed to show
   the grounds were pretextual.
  
122207U.pdf   02/13/2013  Jose Villatoro Mejia  v.  Eric H. Holder, Jr.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-2207
   Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Loken, Bowman and Colloton,
   Circuit Judges]
   Petition for Review - Immigration. Substantial evidence supported the
   denials of asylum and withholding of removal; court lacked jurisdiction
   to review the BIA's discretionary determination that petitioner failed to
   show the requisite level of hardship to his children to support cancellation
   of removal.
  
122382U.pdf   02/13/2013  United States  v.  Luis Rodriguez
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-2382
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Loken, Melloy and Benton,
   Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - Criminal law. District court did not abuse its
   discretion by denying defendant's motion for early termination of 
   supervision.
  
122397P.pdf   02/13/2013  United States  v.  Isaiah Thomas
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-2397
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Loken, Melloy and Colloton, 
   Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - Criminal law. District court did not abuse its 
   discretion by denying defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea.