UNITED STATES v. CAVANAUGH

No. 20-3551.

30 F.4th 1139 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul Henry CAVANAUGH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 19, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Helen Conroy , Jacob T. Rodenbiker , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of North Dakota, Fargo, ND, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Paul Henry Cavanaugh, Pro Se, Florence, CO.

Patrick Rosenquist , Rosenquist Law Office, Grand Forks, ND, for Defendant Appellant.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, WOLLMAN and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.


A jury found Paul Cavanaugh guilty of one count of sexual abuse of an incapacitated victim, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2242(2)(A), 2242(2)(B), and 1153. On appeal, Cavanaugh challenges one pretrial evidentiary ruling by the district court1 and one of its directives at trial. He contends...

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