Ronald Ragan, Jr. v. Berkshire Hathaway Auto, Inc.

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: April 15, 2026
• Docket: 24-1616
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 24-1616 ___________________________

Ronald Ragan, Jr.

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Berkshire Hathaway Automotive, Inc.

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City ____________

Submitted: April 10, 2026 Filed: April 15, 2026 [Unpublished] ____________

Before SHEPHERD, ERICKSON, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM.

After unsuccessfully suing Berkshire Hathaway Automotive, Inc. (BHA) for copyright infringement, Ronald Ragan, Jr., appeals the district court’s1 award of $319,859 in attorney’s fees and costs to BHA.

Upon careful review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding attorney’s fees and costs. See Pinkham v. Camex, Inc., 84 F.3d 292, 294 (8th Cir. 1996) (standard of review); Designworks Homes, Inc. v. Thomson Sailors Homes, L.L.C., 9 F.4th 961, 965 & n.3 (8th Cir. 2021) (declining to address arguments not raised before the district court); see also Killer Joe Nev., LLC v. Does 1-20, 807 F.3d 908, 912-13 (8th Cir. 2015) (“Even if a different court might have weighed the factors differently, that does not render the district court’s decision an abuse of discretion.”).

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

1 The Honorable Howard F. Sachs, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.

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