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.
153369P.pdf   03/02/2017  Michael Mercier  v.  U.S. Department of Labor
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-3369
   Petition for Review of an Order of the Department of Labor (except OSHA)   
   [PUBLISHED] [Beam, Author, with Colloton and Gruender, Circuit Judges] 
   Petition for Review - Federal Rail Safety Act. The ALJ correctly applied 
   the background evidence rule enunciated in National Railroad Passenger 
   Corp. v. Morgan, 536 U.S. 101 (2002), and permitted petitioner to admit 
   evidence of relevant actions even though any action on those acts was 
   time-barred; challenge to certain testimony as hearsay rejected as the 
   testimony was not offered for the truth of the matters asserted, but 
   instead, to show the effects of the assertions on the decision maker; the 
   ALJ's determination that petitioner's protected acts were not "a" 
   contributing factor in his termination was supported by substantial 
   evidence 
  
161362U.pdf   03/02/2017  United States  v.  Charles Bowers
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-1362
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Riley, Chief Judge, and Wollman and 
   Kelly, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. The arresting officer reasonably believed 
   that emission of any white light from defendant's tail light violated Mo. 
   Rev. Stat. Section 307.075, and the traffic stop in question was lawful. 
  
161487U.pdf   03/02/2017  Long Chhang  v.  Deutsche Bank Trust Company
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-1487
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Colloton, Arnold and Kelly, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Civil case. Defendant's judgment affirmed without comment. 
  
162063U.pdf   03/02/2017  Dolores Castillo Tovar  v.  Loretta E. Lynch
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-2063
   Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Colloton, Arnold and Kelly, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Petition for review - Immigration. Denial of withholding of removal 
   affirmed; substantial evidence supports the determination that petitioner 
   does not qualify for withholding of removal based on her membership in the 
   particular social group she identified.