UNITED STATES v. CORRIGAN

No. 20-1682.

6 F.4th 819 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brett Allan CORRIGAN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 27, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Peyton Gaumer , Kristin Herrera , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Margaret Anne Steindorf , Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Des Moines, IA, Laura M. Roan , for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Brett Allan Corrigan, Jr., Pro Se.

Dennis McKelvie , McKELVIE LAW, Grinnell, IA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, ARNOLD and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


Brett Corrigan, Jr. received a mandatory-minimum sentence of 60 months in prison. The question presented here is simple: can Corrigan appeal an enhancement when, no matter what we decide, his sentence cannot get any shorter? We conclude that the answer is no, so we dismiss his appeal.

Based on his involvement in a large...

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