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.
111356U.pdf   12/04/2012  United States  v.  Eldridge Sumlin
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-1356
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Cape Girardeau   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Wollman, Colloton and Benton,
   Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - Sentencing. For the court's prior opinion see U.S. v.
   Sumlin, 453 F. App'x 668 (8th Cir. 2012). On remand from the Supreme
   Court for further consideration in light of Dorsey v. United States, 132 S.
   Ct. 2321 (2012). Sentence vacated and case remanded to the district court
   for resentencing consistent with Dorsey and the Fair Sentencing Act.
  
121517U.pdf   12/04/2012  United States  v.  Marcella Scharton
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-1517
   U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Lincoln   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Loken and Smith, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - Criminal law. District court's questions clarified how
   the Social Security Administration determined whether defendant's
   husband was gainfully employed and the court was permitted to ask these
   questions under Fed. R. Evid. 614(b).
  
121655P.pdf   12/04/2012  United States  v.  John Farnell
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-1655
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Beam and Benton, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - Criminal law. Officer had a reasonable suspicion that
   defendant was engaged in criminal activity - fleeing the scene of a bank
   robbery - when he stopped defendant's van; defendant gave a valid
   consent to the search of the van; even accepting defendant's argument
   that the officer's second entry and search of the van was a separate
   search, the search was valid as the officer had probable cause to conduct
   the search based on the discovery of a handgun in the van.
  
121793U.pdf   12/04/2012  Eric Williams  v.  Judith Bearden
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-1793
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Harrison   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Murphy, Arnold and Smith,
   Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - civil rights. Dismissal of Section 1983 complaint affirmed
   without comment.
  
122847U.pdf   12/04/2012  United States  v.  Michael Sherman
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-2847
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Murphy, Arnold and Smith,
   Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - Sentencing. Sentence was not substantively unreasonable.