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.
161218P.pdf   01/24/2017  United States  v.  Ricky Funke
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-1218
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Waterloo   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Murphy and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Sentencing. Defendant's sentence was not substantively 
   unreasonable; the amount of restitution ordered in this child pornography 
   case for the victim known as "Vicky" is affirmed as the district court 
   properly applied the Paroline factors and did not abuse its discretion in 
   determining the amount. 
  
161642U.pdf   01/24/2017  Aaron Olson  v.  Christopher Kopel
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-1642
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Gruender, Benton and Shepherd, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Civil case - Civil rights. the district court did not err in determining 
   plaintiff's claims were barred by res judicata, and the dismissal order is 
   affirmed without further comment. 
  
166028P.pdf   01/24/2017  Todd Crabtree  v.  Daniel McDermott
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-6028
   U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota - Fergus Falls   
   [PUBLISHED] [Nail, Author, with Federman, Chief Judge, and Saladino, 
   Bankruptcy Judge] 
   Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. Section 522(o) requires the bankruptcy court 
   to determine the extent to which the improvements debtors make to their 
   homestead increased the value of debtors' interest in their homestead; 
   here, the bankruptcy court failed to do so, and the matter is remanded to 
   allow the bankruptcy court to make this determination.