Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-06 The Fifth Circuit granted the appointed attorney’s motion to withdraw and dismissed the appeal. The court relied on the *Anders* procedure, finding that counsel filed a brief asserting no nonfrivolous issues existed for appellate review and that the defendant did not file a response. While the court concurred with counsel’s assessment of the appeal’s meritlessness, it explicitly declined to consider any

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-06 The fifth-circuit granted the appointed attorney’s motion to withdraw and dismissed the appeal after finding that the record was not sufficiently developed to allow a fair evaluation of the defendant’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. The court applied the standard established in *Anders v. California* and *United States v. Flores*, concurring with counsel’s assessment that the appeal

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-06 The fifth-circuit granted the Federal Public Defender’s motion to withdraw and dismissed the appeal. The court applied the standard set forth in *Anders v. California* and Fifth Circuit Rule 42.2, reviewing the appointed counsel’s brief and the relevant record portions to concur with the assessment that the case presents no nonfrivolous issues for appellate review. As a result, counsel was excused from further

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-06 The Fifth Circuit granted the Government’s motion for summary affirmance and affirmed the judgment of the district court. The court held that the defendant’s argument challenging the constitutionality of the sentencing enhancement under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is foreclosed by binding circuit precedent and Supreme Court authority. Specifically, the court applied the rule established in *Almendarez-Torres v. United

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-06 The eighth-circuit granted counsel’s motion to withdraw and dismissed the appeal after conducting an independent review of the record pursuant to *Penson v. Ohio*. The court held that the defendant’s valid and enforceable appeal waiver, contained within a written plea agreement, barred challenges to the reasonableness of his sentence and restitution amount. Applying the standard that a waiver is enforced if

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-06 The eighth-circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment dismissing Christopher VanHorn’s civil action against various defendants, including individuals and government entities. The court conducted a review of the record and the parties’ arguments but found no basis for reversal, issuing an unpublished per curiam opinion pursuant to Eighth Circuit Rule 47B. No specific legal standard or constitutional

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-06 The eighth-circuit affirmed the sentence imposed on Hazim Kapic following his guilty plea to a child pornography offense, concluding that the district court did not impose a substantively unreasonable sentence under an abuse-of-discretion standard of review. The court applied the legal principles established in *United States v. Feemster* regarding substantive reasonableness and noted that when a district court has varied

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-06 The eighth-circuit granted counsel’s motion to withdraw under *Anders v. California* and dismissed the appeal because the defendant’s valid and enforceable plea agreement contained an appeal waiver that barred review of the sentencing enhancement and substantive reasonableness challenges raised. The court applied a de novo standard of review to determine the validity and scope of the waiver, finding that the

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-06 The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment in this consolidated appeal involving a conviction for receipt of child pornography and a subsequent supervised release revocation resulting in a 224-month prison sentence. The court addressed an Anders brief filed by appointed counsel, who argued that the motion to suppress statements made to a probation officer was erroneously denied and that the sentence

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-06 Docket: 3:24-cv-00065-MMD-CSD The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of Jane Doe’s claims against three Nevada counties for lack of Article III standing. The court applied de novo review to the standing analysis, focusing specifically on the element of causation required to show that the plaintiff’s alleged injuries were “fairly traceable” to the defendants’ conduct

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Filed: 2026-10-06 The federal-circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) upon agreement of the parties. The court ordered that each side shall bear its own costs. As a result, the proceeding before the United States Court of Appeals is terminated, and no further action will be taken on this appeal. Do It For The Case Law is a news reporting service. Nothing in this episode constitutes legal advice.

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Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-05 Docket: 5:25-CR-00091-SLP-1) The tenth-circuit granted the government’s motion to enforce an appeal waiver and dismissed the defendant’s appeal. The court applied the three-part standard from *United States v. Hahn*, requiring that the disputed appeal falls within the waiver’s scope, the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his appellate rights, and enforcement would not result in a miscarriage of