Legal Opinion

Michael Holmes v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 1, 2018No. 16-1078; 17-2583PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

In 2011, Appellant Michael Holmes's 2006 sentence for drug and firearm possession was vacated following investigations into former St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officers Shell Sharp and Bobby Garrett, who were found to have engaged in illegal activity while employed at the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. After his sentence was vacated, Holmes sought a certificate of innocence, which the district court 1 denied. He subsequently filed a Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion for relief from the district court's judgment, which the court also denied. Holmes appeals,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. In Re Guidant Corp. Implantable DefibrillatorsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
  3. Carol Harley Lenora Banaszewski Michael Payton, Individually, and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Richard Zoesch v. Guilio Agostini Michael J. Barrett Larry E. Eaton Harry A. Hammerly Richard A. Lidstad Dwight A. Peterson John J. Ursu, Carol Harley Lenora Banaszewski Michael Payton, Individually, and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Richard Zoesch v. Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
  4. John A. Betts v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
  5. United States v. Racing Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. United States v. Susan BalaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2020
  2. United States v. Vanja AbreuCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2020
  3. United States v. Alvin GaskinsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2021
  4. United States v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2021
  5. Ashford v. Douglas CountyDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 2021

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