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.
153322P.pdf   06/26/2017  Jeffrey Karlson  v.  Action Process Service, etc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-3322
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock   
   [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Riley and Benton, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Fair Labor Standards Act. The evidence, viewed in the light 
   most favorable to the jury's verdict, was sufficient to support its 
   conclusion that plaintiff was an independent contractor and not 
   defendants' employee for Fair Labor Standards Act purposes. 
  
162021P.pdf   06/26/2017  Aaron Eckerberg  v.  Inter-State Studio, etc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-2021
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Gruender and Benton, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Personal Injury. The evidence was sufficient to show that 
   plaintiff's legal domicile was the state of Florida, thereby establishing 
   diversity of citizenship; the district court did not err in denying 
   defendant's motion for remittitur of the $4.5 million damages award, as 
   the injuries plaintiff sustained significantly affected his future 
   earnings, and with both economic and non-economic damages included in the 
   general award, the total is not "monstrous, shocking or grossly 
   excessive." 
  
163277P.pdf   06/26/2017  RP Golf  v.  CIR
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-3277
   Petition for Review of an Order of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Smith and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] 
   Petition for Review - Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Tax Court 
   determination that taxpayer did not make a "qualified contribution 
   easement" under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 170(b)(1)(E) is affirmed. 
  
163396U.pdf   06/26/2017  United States  v.  Mark Banes
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-3396
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Wollman, Arnold and Gruender, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court did not extend defendant's 
   term of imprisonment in order to enable defendant to complete a treatment 
   program or otherwise promote his rehabilitation, and the sentence did not 
   violate Tapia v. United States, 564 U.S. 319 (2011). 
  
163421P.pdf   06/26/2017  Richardson Edionseri  v.  Jefferson B. Sessions III
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-3421
   Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals   
   [PUBLISHED] [Arnold, Author, with Wollman and Gruender, Circuit Judges] 
   Petition for Review - Immigration. Harms allegedly suffered through the 
   actions of supernatural forces are not persecution; to the extent 
   petitioner alleged the Nigerian government was unable or unwilling to 
   control the devil's human agents, the evidence does not support this 
   contention as the police regularly responded to his calls for assistance 
   and followed regular police procedures in dealing with the situations; 
   substantial evidence also supported the agency's determination that 
   petitioner did not have a reasonably objective fear of future persecution 
   by the government or someone the government was unwilling or unable to 
   control, as the government has made progress in curbing wizard torture and 
   this, with other evidence, demonstrates that petitioner is less likely to 
   be persecuted today than he would have been ten years or so ago when he 
   lived in Nigeria and was labeled a wizard.