U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2003

The en banc court held that appeal waivers in plea agreements are generally enforceable when they cover the appeal and were entered knowingly and voluntarily, subject to a narrow miscarriage-of-justice exception.

The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment upholding the denial of supplemental security income because substantial evidence supported the ALJ’s assessment of Edwards’s pain complaints, the weight assigned to her treating physician’s opinion, and the significance of her failure to pursue regular…