United States v. Gary Kachina

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: July 24, 2025
• Docket: 25-1173
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 25-1173 ___________________________

United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v.

Gary Allen Kachina

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ____________

Submitted: July 21, 2025 Filed: July 24, 2025 [Unpublished] ____________

Before BENTON, KELLY, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Gary Kachina appeals the district court’s1 judgment revoking his supervised release and sentencing him a prison term of 14 months, with no supervised release to

1 The Honorable Ann D. Montgomery, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota. follow. Having reviewed the record and Kachina’s arguments for reversal, we conclude that a preponderance of the evidence supported the district court’s determination that Kachina violated a special condition of his supervision, and that the district court did not abuse its discretion by revoking his supervised release. See United States v. Perry, 2 F.4th 1146, 1148 (8th Cir. 2021) (per curiam) (standard of review). We also conclude that Kachina’s claim of judicial bias is inadequately supported, and that his other claims concerning his representation, government counsel, and the manner in which the revocation hearing was conducted do not support reversal. See United States v. Owen, 854 F.3d 536, 541 (8th Cir. 2017); United States v. Simms, 757 F.3d 728, 731 (8th Cir. 2014).

Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is affirmed. ______________________________

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