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.
121265P.pdf   12/05/2012  United States  v.  Diana Gamboa
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-1265
   U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Fargo   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Loken and Smith, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court did not err in denying
   defendant's request for safety-valve sentencing when the record showed
   she played a supervisory role in the conspiracy; defendant withdrew her
   motion to withdraw her guilty plea and the court would not consider her
   argument that the district court erred in refusing to permit her to
   withdraw her plea.
  
121733U.pdf   12/05/2012  Curtis Nessan  v.  John Lovald
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-1733
   U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Pierre   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Riley, Chief Judge, and Colloton
   and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Bankruptcy. Bankruptcy court did not err in ordering debtor
   to turn over his boat and truck and a legal claim where he claimed a one-
   dollar exemption in each item and the trustee tendered him a check for
   $3.00, thereby satisfying any potential interest debtor had in the items.
  
121756P.pdf   12/05/2012  Douglas Milhauser  v.  Minco Products, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-1756
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Bye and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment
   Rights Act. The jury's finding that plaintiff's position of employment
   would have been termination if he had not left for military service is
   entirely consistent with USERRA's text and implementing regulations.
   Judge Shepherd, concurring.
  
121998U.pdf   12/05/2012  Robert Philpott  v.  Lt. Weaver
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-1998
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Ft. Smith   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Bye, Gruender and Benton,
   Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Civil Rights. District court properly granted defendants
   summary judgment on plaintiff's claim that they violated his Fourth
   Amendment rights; defamation claim failed to state a claim as a matter of
   law; district court did not abuse its discretion by declining to exercise
   jurisdiction over plaintiff's state law claims.
  
122032U.pdf   12/05/2012  Tracy Green  v.  Michael J. Astrue
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-2032
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Batesville   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Murphy, Arnold and Smith,
   Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Social Security. Decision denying Green's benefits claim
   was supported by substantial evidence.