United States v. Christopher Kelley

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “a defendant’s frustration with counsel who does not share defendant’s tactical opinions but continues to provide zealous representation” does not rise to the level of justifiable dissatisfaction
• stating that the defendant waived his right to appeal a nondispositive issue decided by a magistrate judge by failing to file objections with the district court
• acknowledging district courts must balance many factors when faced with a motion to appoint substitute counsel, including “the need to thwart abusive delay tactics”
• finding no justifiable dissatisfaction where a defendant “requested substitute counsel because of ... a purported lack of communication” and “wished his attorney had been more open and spent more time with him”

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Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Jamie Jones
  Eighth Circuit· 2015-07-29· cited 15×
• United States v. Dionandre Ganter
  Eighth Circuit· 2021-07-01· cited 10×
• United States v. Christopher Kelley
  Eighth Circuit· 2015-05-29· cited 8×
• United States v. Roman Harlan
  Eighth Circuit· 2020-06-04· cited 6×
• United States v. Daeron Merrett
  Eighth Circuit· 2021-08-16· cited 1×
• United States v. John Nock
  Eighth Circuit· 2025-08-07

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Thomas v. Arn
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-27· cited 28,671×
• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Johnson v. Zerbst
  Supreme Court· 1938-05-31· cited 10,545×
• United States v. W. R. Walters, United States of America v. Two Hundred Sixty-Two Firearms
  Sixth Circuit· 1981-01-20· cited 6,283×
• Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann
  Supreme Court· 1943-01-04· cited 2,192×
• United States v. Sean Lamont Cromer
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-11-30· cited 436×
• Michael Pagano v. Anthony M. Frank, Postmaster General, Etc.
  First Circuit· 1993-01-13· cited 290×
• United States v. Mary K. Edelmann
  Eighth Circuit· 2006-08-17· cited 102×
• United States v. Swinney
  Eighth Circuit· 1992-07-30· cited 101×
• Richard T. Dorman v. Louie L. Wainwright, Etc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1986-09-09· cited 88×
• United States v. Robert G. Warner
  Eighth Circuit· 1970-07-20· cited 80×
• Tracey Daley, and Other Similarly Situated Persons v. Marriott International, Inc., Tracey Daley v. Marriott Health Plan Empire Blue Cross/blue Shield
  Eighth Circuit· 2005-07-25· cited 80×
• United States v. Keith Williams
  Eighth Circuit· 1990-03-05· cited 66×
• United States v. Donnell Barrow, Also Known as Darnell Barrow, Also Known as Donnell Burrow
  Eighth Circuit· 2002-04-26· cited 54×
• Lorin Corp. v. Goto & Co.
  Eighth Circuit· 1983-03-04· cited 47×
• McDonald v. City of Saint Paul
  Eighth Circuit· 2012-05-10· cited 43×
• United States v. Mosley
  Eighth Circuit· 2010-06-11· cited 31×
• Bert Hunter v. Paul K. Delo, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center
  Eighth Circuit· 1995-08-14· cited 21×
• United States v. Lowell Baisden
  Eighth Circuit· 2013-04-26· cited 16×
• Richard Bilauski v. Troy Steele
  Eighth Circuit· 2014-06-05· cited 11×

Other cases named United States v. Christopher Kelley

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• United States v. Christopher Kelley
  Eighth Circuit· 2015-05-29· cited 8×