Legal Opinion
United States v. Nathan Melton
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 26, 2013No. 12-4008PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
In 2009, Nathan Melton was convicted of bank fraud and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release. Melton’s supervised release has been revoked three times. Melton now challenges the third revocation proceeding, arguing that the district judge should have recused from the proceeding. We hold that the district court 1 did not commit plain error by not recusing sua sponte. 2
Approximately one month after Melton was discharged into supervised-release for the third time, 3 the United States Probation Office filed a notice of noncompliance, alleging…
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