Ryan Hauber v. Honkamp Krueger & Co. PC

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: March 23, 2026
• Docket: 25-2561
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 25-2561 ___________________________

Ryan Hauber

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Honkamp Krueger & Co. PC

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Eastern ____________

Submitted: March 18, 2026 Filed: March 23, 2026 [Unpublished] ____________

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

Ryan Hauber appeals after the district court1 dismissed this action with prejudice and imposed a monetary fine as sanctions for discovery abuses pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(b)(2). Upon careful review of the record and the parties’ submissions on appeal, we conclude the district court did not clearly err in finding that Hauber willfully violated the court’s discovery orders, see Burgett v. Gen. Store No Two Inc., 727 Fed. Appx. 898, 900 (8th Cir. 2018) (unpublished per curiam) (standard of review), and based on that finding, did not abuse its discretion by dismissing Hauber’s complaint with prejudice and imposing a monetary fine, see Comstock v. UPS Ground Freight, Inc., 775 F.3d 990, 992 (8th Cir. 2014) (standard of review); Lindstedt v. City of Granby, 238 F.3d 933, 937 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam) (pro se litigant bound to meet simple discovery requirements).

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

1 The Honorable Leonard T. Strand, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Kelly K.E. Mahoney, United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Iowa.

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