U.S. v. CLAUSEN

No. 18-3081.

949 F.3d 1076 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff-Appellee v. Carstie Lee CLAUSEN Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 5, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Douglas Micko , AFPD, of Minneapolis, MN. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; Douglas Micko , AFPD, of Minneapolis, MN and Melanie Pulles , a third year student at the University of MN School of Law.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was David Genrich , AUSA, of Minneapolis, MN. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; David Genrich , AUSA, of Minneapolis, MN.

Before LOKEN, SHEPHERD, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


On August 8, 2016, a United States Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") agent and a Polk County sheriff's deputy, investigating marijuana grows in northwest Minnesota, flew a CBP helicopter over Carstie Lee Clausen's property in Clearwater County. After three or four flyovers, Clausen grabbed his .30-30 rifle and opened fire...

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